Sr.Technical Program Manager, Security & GRC - 11740

Coupa; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupa, a leader in spend management, is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager in India to drive security and compliance programs across engineering and cloud operations.

You will manage complex initiatives, define milestones, and partner with global teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions. Bring 5+ years of SaaS security program experience, strong communication, and familiarity with AWS/GCP and privacy frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as CS, IT, or cybersecurity.
• 5+ years of experience managing technical security, risk, or compliance projects in a SaaS environment.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and security/privacy frameworks (e.g., NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead across multiple teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Define milestones, success criteria, and resource allocation for security programs.
• Plan and oversee technical projects across engineering and cloud operations.
• Act as a technical program lead, communicating tradeoffs to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Document requirements and drive automation for governance initiatives.
• Identify and resolve delivery risks and issues affecting product development and security.
• Create dashboards and KPIs to report program status to executives.
• Advocate for tooling to improve traceability across risk initiatives.

Skills

Security program management

Technical project planning

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud computing (AWS/GCP)

Cybersecurity frameworks

SaaS experience

Jira/Confluence

Stakeholder communication

Risk and compliance

Data-driven reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

CISSP / CISA / CRISC / PMP

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Project portfolio management tools

Job description

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?

Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

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What You’ll Do

• Manage and scale multiple security programs by defining milestones, success criteria, resource allocation, progress tracking and successful on-time delivery of security and access management solutions
• Responsible for technical project planning, management, and oversight for key initiatives across the engineering organization, including development and cloud operations
• Act as a technical program lead; understand the end-to-end flows, decisions, and tradeoffs to execute complex security programs and explain them to both engineering and non-technical functions
• Collect business and operational requirements from internal teams to document process requirement specifications and drive automation for governance programs
• Proactively identify and resolve delivery impediments, risks, and issues affecting both product development and security initiatives
• Set up clear reporting dashboards and KPIs to improve transparency and share program status directly with Executive Leadership
• Advocate for and implement tooling and dashboards to improve traceability and transparency across risk initiatives

What You Will Bring To Coupa

• Highly organized with great attention to detail and analytical skills, follow-up, and follow-through across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Demonstrated experience in planning and managing complex release cycles from planning and tracking to deployment and post-deployment activities
• Hands-on experience working on complex projects touching various components across applications and stack layers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate in a globally distributed team setup
• Deep understanding of cloud-based software (SaaS), AWS, GCP, and cybersecurity/privacy frameworks (e.g., NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• 5+ years of experience managing technical security, risk, or compliance projects—preferably in a SaaS environment
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, cybersecurity, or equivalent experience; relevant industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CRISC, PMP) are highly desirable
• Expertise with Jira, Confluence, and project portfolio management tools

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