Quantum Security & Sovereign Lead
Role: Quantum Security & Sovereign Lead
Location: London
Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)
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The Quantum Security & Sovereign Lead is responsible for shaping and executing enterprise strategies at the intersection of postquantum security, cryptographic resilience, and sovereign cloud architectures. The role ensures that organizations remain secure, compliant, and operationally sovereign as quantum computing disrupts traditional encryption and global dataresidency models. (IBM/RedHat)
This role bridges emerging quantum risk, regulatory sovereignty requirements, and enterprise security architecture, translating futurestate threats into actionable transformation programs today.
Key Responsibilities
Quantum & PostQuantum Security Strategy
Lead enterprise wide assessments of quantum related cryptographic risk, including “harvest now, decrypt later” exposure.
Define post quantum cryptography (PQC) and crypto agility roadmaps aligned to NIST and emerging regulatory standards.
Advise executive leadership on quantum risk timelines, migration complexity, and longterm data protection strategies.
Sovereign Cloud & Data Residency
Design and govern sovereign by design security architectures, ensuring data residency, jurisdictional control, and regulatory compliance.
Advise on sovereign cloud models (domestic control planes, restricted access, hybrid sovereign architectures).
Ensure cryptographic, identity, and access controls align with national and regional sovereignty requirements.
Executive & Regulatory Engagement
Act as a trusted advisor to C-Suite, government stakeholders, regulators, and risk committees.
Translate highly technical quantum and cryptographic concepts into business, policy, and compliance language.
Support regulatory readiness related to sovereignty, encryption, and long life cycle data protection.
Architecture & Transformation Leadership
Guide security, cloud, and enterprise architecture teams in embedding quantum safe and sovereign controls into platforms, networks, and applications.
Align security transformation with AI, cloud, and critical infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
Influence vendor and ecosystem strategies to ensure sovereign compatibility and crypto agility.
Typical Scope & Clients
Regulated industries (financial services, public sector, defence, healthcare, energy)
National and regional governments
Critical infrastructure operators
Global enterprises subject to data sovereignty and longterm confidentiality requirements
Skills & Experience
10+ years of deep expertise in cryptography, key management, and enterprise security architecture
5+ years of experience of post quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum risk models
10+ Years of Experience with sovereign cloud, data residency, and regulatory security frameworks
Professional Skills
Executive level stakeholder management
Ability to operate across strategy, governance, and execution
Strong translation skills between technical, legal, and business domains
Cybersecurity, security architecture, technology risk, or emerging technology consulting
Experience in regulated or government adjacent environments strongly preferred
What’s in it for you
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.
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