Senior Data Science Director, Coupa
$222-310k
Office located in Foster City, CA
Business spending management platform
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Business spending management platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$222-310k
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide a clear idea of business value for clients.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or AI, with 3–5+ years in leadership roles managing high-performing teams
- Strong expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling, with experience in production environments
- Proven track record of delivering scalable, production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business impact
- Hands-on experience with modern MLOps ecosystems (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, Databricks, Kubeflow, MLflow)
- Deep experience with data strategy, including dataset creation, labeling, governance, and evaluation methodologies
- Familiarity with Generative AI / LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluation techniques
- Strong programming skills in Python and experience with frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field (PhD preferred)
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of AI Data Science to lead the development, deployment, and governance of advanced AI systems across Coupa’s platform
- This role sits at the intersection of machine learning, data strategy, and product innovation
- You will define how AI models are built, evaluated, and scaled—driving excellence in model performance, MLOps, and data quality
- A key part of your mandate will be establishing robust “golden datasets,” advancing AI observability, and ensuring our systems are accurate, reliable, and responsibly deployed
- This leader will partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Platform teams to embed AI into core business workflows, while setting the standard for responsible and trustworthy AI
- Lead the strategy, design, and delivery of AI/ML models (including Generative AI use cases) across multiple product domains
- Establish and scale MLOps practices to enable reliable, reproducible, and efficient model development and deployment
- Define and operationalize golden datasets, including data curation, labeling standards, and evaluation frameworks
- Own model performance: define KPIs, implement continuous evaluation, and drive ongoing improvements in accuracy, robustness, and latency
- Build and advance AI observability, monitoring, and feedback loops to ensure model transparency and trust
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Data, and Platform teams to integrate AI into production systems and user experiences
- Establish and enforce Responsible AI practices, including fairness, bias mitigation, explainability, and compliance
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing global team of data scientists and ML engineers
- Influence executive stakeholders by translating complex AI concepts into clear business impact and strategy
Our take
In 2006, Coupa was created to be a provider of business spending management (BSM) services. Since then, it has grown into its niche with a comprehensive platform that enables companies to gain greater control over their spending, supply networks, chain optimisation, liquidity management and payment solutions.
Coupa has been recognized as a leading brand in third-party risk management (TPRM). Using AI software, its TPRM software takes data from hundreds of sources and generates risk flags across the entire platform, informing the user’s processing decisions.
TPRM integrates into Coupa’s business spending management systems to provide one comprehensive platform, a feat that gives it a definitive edge when it comes to secure management of company funds. Most recently, the company acquired intelligent document processing partner, Rossum, in a move set to strengthen its source-to-pay capabilities and expand AI-powered invoice automation across the wider platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2015
$80m
SERIES G
Mar 2014
$40m
SERIES F
Total funding: $169m
Company HQ
Town Center, Foster City, CA
Leadership
Leagh Turner
(CEO & Board Of Directors)Previously on the Board of Directors at Plan International Canada, was the Co-CEO of Ceridian and was COO at SAP.
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