OT Cybersecurity Manager

Accenture; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Dubai is seeking an experienced Manager in OT cybersecurity to own end-to-end client engagements. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, shape strategy, and build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across the MEA region.

You will contribute to pursuits, develop new offerings, and expand Accenture Security’s regional presence, while guiding transformation programs and ensuring high-impact outcomes for critical infrastructure clients.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in cybersecurity consulting or professional services environments.
• Proven track record leading cybersecurity consulting engagements and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong experience across cybersecurity strategy, risk, governance, architecture, and transformation—OT or critical infra exposure preferred.
• Experience leading solution design, engineering, and implementation in complex client environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements—from discovery to handover.
• Oversee security assessments, maturity reviews, and risk analyses across OT environments.
• Develop and present strategies, roadmaps, and business cases to senior client audiences.
• Lead executive workshops, solution presentations, and stakeholder engagement sessions.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Cybersecurity strategy

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

IEC 62443

NIST CSF

TOGAF

Job description

Job Description:

As a Manager in our OT Cybersecurity team, you’ll take ownership of client engagements end-to-end — leading delivery, shaping strategy, and building the kind of trusted relationships that turn a project into a long-term partnership. You’ll bring together multidisciplinary teams, provide technical and strategic direction, and represent Accenture Security at senior client levels.

You’ll also play an active role in growing the practice — contributing to pursuits, developing new offerings, and identifying opportunities to expand our presence with key clients across the region.

Role Overview

What You’ll Do

Engagement Leadership

• Own end-to-end delivery of OT cybersecurity consulting engagements — from client discovery and problem framing through solution design, implementation, and handover
• Lead cybersecurity assessments, maturity reviews, gap analyses, and risk assessments across OT and critical infrastructure environments
• Develop and present strategies, roadmaps, business cases, target operating models, and transformation plans to senior client audiences

Technical & Advisory Leadership

• Advise clients on OT cybersecurity strategy, governance, architecture, risk, and operating model design
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, engineering, and solution design — ensuring outputs are both strategically sound and practically implementable
• Oversee the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, maintaining quality and alignment with client requirements and industry standards

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary consulting and engineering teams — managing delivery, quality, timelines, and client expectations
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a credible and reliable cybersecurity advisor
• Lead executive workshops, solution presentations, and stakeholder engagement sessions

Business Development

• Support and lead proposals, RFP responses, and client pursuits
• Identify opportunities to grow existing client relationships and develop new cybersecurity services and capabilities within the MEA market
• Contribute to thought leadership, practice development, and Accenture Security’s profile in the region

Experience

• 8–12+ years of cybersecurity experience, with significant time spent in consulting or professional services environments
• Proven track record leading cybersecurity consulting engagements and managing multidisciplinary delivery teams
• Strong experience across cybersecurity strategy, risk, governance, architecture, and transformation — ideally with OT or critical infrastructure exposure
• Experience leading solution design, engineering, and implementation in complex client environments
• Demonstrated involvement in business development — proposals, client pursuits, or account growth

Knowledge & Skills

• Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and standards relevant to OT and critical infrastructure (IEC 62443, NIST CSF, NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, IEC 62443)
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills — comfortable advising C-suite and senior technical audiences
• Ability to lead and motivate teams while maintaining delivery quality and client confidence
• Sharp commercial awareness — able to spot and develop opportunities within existing and new client relationships

Certifications (Desirable)

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, SABSA, TOGAF, or equivalent

Industry Exposure (Preferred)

• Energy, utilities, oil & gas, manufacturing, or other critical infrastructure sectors — particularly relevant given the MEA client landscape

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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