Resources Industry Security Associate Director

We Are

Choose Accenture for a challenging and rewarding cybersecurity career where the variety of opportunities and challenges allows you to make a difference every day. A place where you can develop your potential and grow professionally, working alongside talented colleagues. The only place where you can learn from our unrivalled experience, while helping our global clients achieve their cybersecurity objectives. If this is your idea of a typical working day, then Accenture is where you should be.

Accenture's Global Security practice helps organizations work through complex business and technology issues to provide a straightforward approach to information security. Our security professionals bring deep technology skills and industry knowledge to any organization and work closely with clients to design and implement a security solution closely tied to business objectives. Accenture works with the world's top Resources companies globally to redefine the future of the industry.

Our cybersecurity team supports this mission by helping our clients build and execute against cybersecurity strategies that are tailored to the business drivers, risks, and threats relevant to life sciences companies. They identify and evaluate security gaps, subsequently driving the implementation of solutions to increase resiliency. They possess relevant cybersecurity technical skills through continuous research of the latest security vulnerabilities, threats, capabilities, and mitigation techniques, and apply these through an industry lens. They are expected to anticipate security requirements, analyze, and understand the client security posture and formulate rightsized solutions based on industry leading practices.

You Are

As a Resources Associate Director, you will be responsible for leading and managing complex information security engagements. You will provide cybersecurity subject matter expertise, and drive project delivery execution as the primary point of contact for the project team - often interfacing with client security stakeholders, client business and/or IT stakeholders, Accenture domain experts and other third party teams as needed. You will lead others on your projects, from one to many, across our Analyst, Senior Analyst and Consultant levels. You will be the ultimate problem solver, and will need to lead from the front, ensuring we are partnering with our clients to shape and deliver on committed outcomes.

As a Resources Associate Director, you'll be part of an industry team focused on acquiring and applying cybersecurity expertise to solve problems across the Resources value chain. You'll help our clients protect the core of their cybersecurity enterprise, while shaping and delivering protections that extend well into research, development, medical device technology, clinical trials, manufacturing and distribution. You'll work closely with our Industry team to innovate and shape solutions of the future. Expect to utilize your expertise, or develop additional expertise across the life sciences industry, including pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor and consumer health. You'll be key to supporting the development of go-to-market solutions and responsible for helping implement them for our clients.

Lead delivery of Accenture's Security offerings related to cybersecurity with a focus on cybersecurity strategy definition, security program planning, security operating model design and implementation, cyber risk assessments, and implementation of programs and solutions.

Managing and leading largescale complex cybersecurity engagements with resources distributed globally. Managing the engagement lifecycle - including engagement shaping, scoping, budgets, timelines, risks, issues and client expectations. Coaching and developing teams of cybersecurity consultants, and analyst. Working directly with clients and Accenture teams to design and implement program strategies for cybersecurity capabilities, such as data protection, insider risk, vulnerability management, security operations, security analytics, application security, cloud security, OT security, and digital identity. Analyzing client's security posture to create current state assessment, gap analyses, and strategic implementation roadmaps. Performing requirements analysis and developing strategies and solutions for cybersecurity, risk, and information governance

Partnering with additional Accenture Industry teams to define and develop new/differentiated go to market solutions for our clients. Establishing trusted relationships with our clients at all levels - from executive sponsors to the client's own teams of technologists, technicians, and business associates

The Work

• Lead delivery of Accenture's Security offerings related to cybersecurity with a focus on cybersecurity strategy definition, security program planning, security operating model design and implementation, cyber risk assessments, and implementation of programs and solutions.

• Managing and leading largescale complex cybersecurity engagements with resources distributed globally.

• Managing the engagement lifecycle - including engagement shaping, scoping, budgets, timelines, risks, issues, and client expectations

• Coaching and developing teams of cybersecurity consultants, and analyst.

• Working directly with clients and Accenture teams to design and implement program strategies for cybersecurity capabilities, such as data protection, insider risk, vulnerability management, security operations, security analytics, application security, cloud security, OT security, and digital identity.

• Analyzing client's security posture to create current state assessment, gap analyses, and strategic implementation roadmaps.

• Performing requirements analysis and developing strategies and solutions for cybersecurity, risk, and information governance

• Partnering with additional Accenture Industry teams to define and develop new/differentiated go to market solutions for our clients.

• Establishing trusted relationships with our clients at all levels - from executive sponsors to the client's own teams of technologists, technicians, and business associates

Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's what you need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

• Minimum of 7 years of cyber security experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience of cybersecurity solutions with leading vendors for their respective technologies

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with clients in the resources industry

Bonus points if you have:

• Previous consulting experience

• Eagerness to contribute in a team orientated environment

• Ability to lead a team with minimal direction.

• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

• Desire to work in an information security environment.

• Desire to help contribute and grow the practice.

• Desire to mentor and educate others.

• Experience in designing, developing, implementing, and managing solutions across various cybersecurity domains (e.g., threat intelligence, vulnerability management, data protection, cloud security, OT security)

• Excellent communication written and oral, and interpersonal skills.

• Comfortable with C-Level interaction

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York or Washington as set forth below. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $161,200 to $434,000

Colorado $161,200 to $375,000

New York $149,300 to $434,000

Washington $171,700 to $399,300

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