Regional Sales VP - Mid-Market - WEST (10462)

Foster City, CA, United States
Sales – Sales /
Mid-Senior Level /
Hybrid
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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The Impact of an RVP, Customer Growth to Coupa: 

This role is responsible for building and leading a high-performing regional sales team focused on driving growth for Coupa’s cloud-based solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep SaaS sales expertise with a proven ability to engage C-level executives and deliver value-based, strategic proposals that close complex deals. They will drive regional sales execution through targeted plans, campaigns, and close collaboration with internal teams and partners. A strong coach and communicator, this leader will recruit, enable, and mentor top talent while maintaining operational excellence through effective pipeline management and forecasting. Success in this role requires a customer-centric mindset, executive presence, and a commitment to cross-functional collaboration in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

What You'll Do:

    • Build, lead, and enable the Coupa Sales team in the region, ensuring alignment with Coupa’s sales processes, training programs, and onboarding initiatives.
    • Drive regional sales execution by developing targeted sales plans, executing field campaigns, and collaborating with Alliance Partners to penetrate key accounts and verticals.
    • Engage C-level executives with compelling value-based proposals and messaging, leveraging Business Value Selling and the Challenger Sale model to accelerate deal closure.
    • Deliver accurate, timely sales reporting and maintain Salesforce.com as the system of record, including weekly updates and pipeline health.
    • Support regional sales success by developing localized content, competitive positioning, and enablement materials tailored to market dynamics and buyer personas.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

    • Proven success in complex cloud/SaaS sales, with 5+ years of sales management and individual contributor experience, including tenure of at least 3 years at one company.
    • Track record of delivering results both as a direct seller and sales leader, with the ability to recruit, coach, and lead high-performing sales teams.
    • Expert at value-based selling, identifying strategic customer pain points and crafting compelling business cases that resonate from functional roles to the C-suite.
    • Strong communicator with executive presence, skilled at building trust with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders across regions and time zones.
    • Highly collaborative and customer-focused, leveraging modern tools to work cross-functionally and willing to travel extensively for customer meetings and strategic planning.
The estimated pay range for this role is $185,000 - 195,000 + eligibility for commission with an estimated pay mix of 50/50

The starting salary for the successful candidate will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

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