CyberCX - Manager - Secure AI

Accenture PLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Structured career development program

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion recognition

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Manager to lead Secure AI advisory capabilities across strategy, governance, risk, and control. You will partner with clients to define safe AI adoption, align business ambition with security, regulatory, and risk management expectations.

As a senior leader, you will shape AI strategies, operating models, and control frameworks, while guiding complex AI risk engagements across enterprise and government environments.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years in risk, security, technology strategy, or consulting leadership.
• Strong background in technology risk, cyber security, or enterprise architecture.
• Proven experience advising executives and boards on risk and governance.
• Experience designing and operating risk and control frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across risk, legal, compliance, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead Secure AI strategy, risk, and governance advisory services.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives on AI risk, control, and regulatory exposure.
• Define AI governance models, control frameworks, and operating models.
• Lead AI and model risk assessments across GenAI and traditional ML use cases.
• Translate security and regulatory requirements into practical AI control models.
• Oversee complex AI assurance, compliance, and risk uplift engagements.
• Partner with delivery and engineering leaders to align strategy with execution.
• Support Secure AI presales, proposals, and executive-level client engagements.
• Price, commercially plan and execute delivery quality review processes.
• Contribute to thought leadership, IP, and Secure AI service development.
• Mentor and grow junior talent.
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value.

Skills

AI risk management

Governance frameworks

Executive advisory

Stakeholder engagement

Regulated environments

Commercial pricing

Security strategy

Model risk

Job description

The work we do matters

CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

About the Role

The Manager is responsible for leading our Secure AI advisory capability across strategy, governance, risk and control. The Manager will partner with clients to define how AI should be adopted safely and securely, aligning business ambition with security, regulatory, and risk management expectations.

As a key leader in the practice, work closely with executive, risk, legal, and technology leaders to shape AI strategies, operating models, and control frameworks, while guiding complex AI risk and assurance engagements across enterprise and government environments. You will also lead and grow a multidisciplinary team spanning strategy, risk, and governance advisory services.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead Secure AI strategy, risk, and governance advisory services
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives on AI risk, control, and regulatory exposure
• Define AI governance models, control frameworks, and operating models
• Lead AI and model risk assessments across GenAI and traditional ML use cases
• Translate security and regulatory requirements into practical AI control models
• Oversee complex AI assurance, compliance, and risk uplift engagements
• Partner with delivery and engineering leaders to align strategy with execution
• Support Secure AI presales, proposals, and executive-level client engagements
• Price, commercially plan and execute delivery quality review processes
• Contribute to thought leadership, IP, and Secure AI service development
• Mentor and grow junior talent
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value
• Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers

Preferred Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• 6-8+ years in risk, security, technology strategy, or consulting leadership
• Strong background in technology risk, cyber security, or enterprise architecture
• Deep understanding of AI, model risk, and emerging GenAI risk domains
• Proven experience advising executives and boards on risk and governance
• Experience designing and operating risk and control frameworks
• Strong stakeholder engagement across risk, legal, compliance, and technology
• Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments
• Commercial and pricing experience, especially in a consultancy or services-based enterprise

Desirable Experience

• AI and model risk management (MRM) frameworks
• Well established security and risk frameworks relevant to AI (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO27001/42001, CSA AICM)
• AI-specific governance or control frameworks (e.g. NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10)
• Regulated or high assurance environments (e.g. financial services, government, critical infrastructure)
• Experience bridging risk, security, and engineering teams in projects, stakeholder management or presales roles
• Governance or security architecture certificates (e.g. ISO Auditor, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF)
• Building and experimenting with new security consulting processes including AI tools, workbench or coding agents and have a library or portfolio of code.

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.

Benefits of working at Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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