Cybersecurity Director
Accenture Scottsdale, Arizona, United States · $113K–$338K/yr
Business Consulting and Services · 10,001+ employees
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About the role
The Cybersecurity Director leads complex information security engagements and serves as the primary point of contact for project teams and client stakeholders. They are responsible for advising C-suite leaders on cybersecurity risk management and overseeing large-scale transformation programs within the financial services industry.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, with deep expertise in financial services and regulatory frameworks. A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required for this role.
Benefits
Full description
We Are:
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and, Interactive, Technology, and Operations services, all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 738,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Accenture’s Cybersecurity practice, a global leader in delivering end-to-end cybersecurity services across strategy, risk management, digital identity, cyber defense, and managed security. With security professionals in 70 countries and specialized facilities like Cyber Fusion Centers and Cyber Labs, we focus on embedding security into digital transformation programs, and delivering targeted cybersecurity solutions to protect digital assets, manage cybersecurity risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in today's digital landscape. Our cybersecurity practice is supported by a global network of cybersecurity professionals, advanced tools, and partnerships with leading technology providers. We help organizations build resilience, protect their operations, and enable growth in a secure digital environment.
The Work:
As a Cybersecurity 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, Consultant and Manager 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 team member, you’ll be part of a Financial Services industry team focused on applying cybersecurity expertise across the value chain. You’ll work closely with our Financial Services industry leaders to innovate and shape secure, resilient solutions for banking, capital markets, and insurance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with client stakeholders at key accounts to align security initiatives with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Advise C-suite and other business leaders on integrating cybersecurity risk management into operational resilience, capital programs, mergers and acquisitions, and transformation initiatives.
- Oversee large-scale cybersecurity transformation programs focused on secure security all environments, threat detection modernization, cyber resilience, and identity and access management for work force and customer environments.
- Collaborate with ecosystem partners and technology vendors to design scalable cybersecurity architectures that enable secure modernization, automation, cloud adoption, without compromising utility reliability or safety.
- Represent Accenture Cybersecurity in client engagements, proposals, and leadership forums.
- 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.
Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
Here’s What You Need:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, functional and technical experience required, including deep expertise in cybersecurity in financial services (regulatory requirments and industry frameworks)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Bonus points if you have:
- Previous consulting experience
- Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Experience working with market-leading cybersecurity technology partners
- Experience in AI 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 as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/30/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture
Role Location Annual Salary Range California $132,500 to $338,300 Colorado $132,500 to $292,200 Connecticut $132,500 to $292,200 District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200 Illinois $122,700 to $292,200 Maine $112,900 to $249,000 Maryland $132,500 to $292,200 Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200 Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200 New York $122,700 to $338,300 New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300 Ohio $122,700 to $270,600 Virginia $122,700 to $311,200 Washington $141,100 to $311,200
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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