OT Cybersecurity Associate Manager

TALENTMATE; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Dubai seeks an Associate Manager to lead and deliver OT cybersecurity engagements across strategy, risk assessment, architecture, and implementation. You’ll work directly with clients, vendor teams, and technical specialists to translate security requirements into actionable solutions.

You’ll run workshops, shape architectures, produce high-quality deliverables such as reports and roadmaps, and stay ahead of evolving threats and industry practices.

Qualifications

• 8-13 years of cybersecurity experience in a consulting or professional services environment.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity consulting, advisory, engineering, design, or implementation engagements.
• Experience developing HLDs, LLDs, technical architectures, and implementation documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements from assessment to implementation.
• Develop cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, operating models, policies, and transformation plans.
• Design security architectures and produce technical artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, solution specifications, and implementation plans.
• Coordinate with vendors, system integrators, and client technical teams throughout design and implementation phases.
• Produce high-quality deliverables — assessment reports, architectures, roadmaps, and technical documentation.
• Stay current with emerging threats, technologies, standards, and industry practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity strategy

Risk management

Governance

Architecture

Technology

Job description

Job Description

Role Overview

As an Associate Manager in our OT Cybersecurity team, you’ll lead and support the delivery of consulting engagements across the full lifecycle — from strategy and risk assessment through to architecture, solution design, and implementation. You’ll work directly with clients, vendor teams, and technical specialists, bringing structure to complex problems and turning security requirements into practical outcomes.

This isn’t a back-office role. You’ll be in client environments, running workshops, shaping solutions, and owning quality deliverables.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and support end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements - covering maturity assessments, gap analysis, risk reviews, and control evaluations
• Develop cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, operating models, policies, and transformation plans
• Design security architectures and produce technical artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, solution specifications, and implementation plans
• Support configuration, integration, and deployment of cybersecurity technologies and solutions
• Translate business and security requirements into practical, implementable technical solutions
• Facilitate client workshops, technical discussions, and stakeholder presentations
• Coordinate with vendors, system integrators, and client technical teams throughout design and implementation phases
• Produce high-quality deliverables — assessment reports, architectures, roadmaps, and technical documentation
• Support testing, integration, and operational handover activities
• Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, and cybersecurity thought leadership
• Stay current with emerging threats, technologies, standards, and industry practices

Experience

• 8-13years of cybersecurity experience, preferably within a consulting or professional services environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting cybersecurity consulting, advisory, engineering, design, or implementation engagements
• Practical experience designing or implementing cybersecurity solutions across client environments
• Experience developing HLDs, LLDs, technical architectures, and implementation documentation

Knowledge & Skills

• Good understanding of cybersecurity strategy, risk, governance, architecture, and technology
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - able to break down complex requirements and communicate solutions clearly
• Confident presenter and communicator, comfortable in client-facing and stakeholder settings
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary consulting teams

Certifications (Desirable)

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+, or equivalent

Additional Domains (Advantageous)

• Exposure across cloud security, network security, IAM, SOC, application security, data security, or GRC

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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Job Details

Role Level: Executive-Level

Work Type: Full-Time

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Company Website: http://www.accenture.com

Job Function: Cybersecurity

Company Industry/

Sector: Business Consulting and Services