Consulting Cybersecurity Manager

About Accenture Security

Accenture Security helps organizations build resilience, protect what matters most, and enable business transformation securely. As part of Accenture Security, our consulting teams work with clients across industries to design, assess, and improve security strategies, processes, and capabilities—going far beyond purely technical operations. #LI-EU

What you will do

As a Security Consulting Manager, you will lead delivery of security governance, risk, and regulatory compliance engagements for Accenture clients, with a strong focus on European cybersecurity and operational resilience regulations, including NIS2, DORA, and ISO/IEC 27001.

You will be responsible for end‑to‑end delivery of defined engagements or workstreams, acting as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders while managing teams, ensuring quality of deliverables, and contributing to growth of the Security Consulting practice.

Client Delivery & Advisory

• Lead and manage security consulting engagements focused on:

  • NIS2 readiness and compliance programs

  • DORA implementation and operational resilience

  • ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS design, implementation, and audit support

• Own security assessments, gap analyses, and maturity reviews, ensuring high‑quality, regulator‑ready outputs

• Translate regulatory and security requirements into pragmatic, business‑aligned recommendations

• Act as a primary point of contact for client stakeholders across Security, IT, Risk, Compliance, and Business

• Ensure delivery aligns with Accenture methodologies, quality standards, and timelines

Delivery & Team Leadership

• Lead project teams, typically consisting of analysts and senior analysts, providing direction, coaching, and feedback

• Review and assure quality of:

  • Policies and standards

  • Control frameworks and mappings

  • Risk registers and remediation roadmaps

  • Executive‑level presentations and reports

• Manage delivery risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations

• Support onboarding and development of junior team members, fostering consulting and domain skills

Practice & Business Development

• Drive proposal & business development, including shaping solution approaches, effort estimates, and delivery models, meeting new clients

• Be responsible for financial of projects, from beginning, i.e. creating of pricing, all the way to delivery at budget and on time

• Support client discussions, workshops, and sales pursuits related to security governance and regulatory compliance

• Contribute to asset development, reusable accelerators, and internal knowledge related to NIS2, DORA, and ISO 27001

• Actively participate in the Accenture Security professional community, sharing lessons learned and best practices