Associate Director Identity Security

Accenture; Toronto; On-site; CAD 132,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security in Toronto is seeking an Associate Director Identity Security to lead our Identity and Trust consulting practice. Reporting to the Canada Identity and Trust Leader, you will own revenue for identity pillars and oversee large, complex delivery across industries.

You will drive business development, build executive relationships, develop compelling client proposals, and lead diverse teams across regions to inject security into client architectures.

Qualifications

• 15+ years designing and delivering large security services with Identity focus (PAM, IGA, CIAM, AI).
• Experience leading business development and sales capture efforts.
• Deep network with leadership relationships including at the C-suite level.
• Experience leading and growing a security practice.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development activities including origination, qualification, capture and relationship development
• Maintain relationships with key client stakeholders at the VP and C-suite level
• Lead development of written and oral client proposals
• Develop, plan and lead large-scale solution delivery efforts for Identity across a broad range of industries
• Assist in driving overall Security practice growth
• Lead, attract and retain multi-discipline, and multi-region teams

Skills

Business development

Sales leadership

Client relationship management

Proposal development

Team leadership

Executive communication

Identity security

Education

Bachelor or higher degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, CIS, MIS, Engineering)

Job description

Associate Director Identity Security

Security Transformation Senior Manager | Senior Level | Full time

Job No. R00360781 | Toronto, Ontario

We Are

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond, and recover along all points of the security lifecycle. Cybersecurity challenges are different for every business in every industry. Leveraging our global resources and advanced technologies, we create integrated, turnkey solutions tailored to our clients’ needs across their entire value chain. Whether we’re defending against known cyberattacks, detecting and responding to the unknown, or running an entire security operations center, we will help companies build cyber resilience to grow with confidence. Our team of the security sector’s brightest people use the coolest tech to out-hack the hackers and help clients build resilience from within. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You Are

Passionate about security, love what you do and have a genuine desire to outsmart the bad guys. You have the experience to analyze a clients’ security posture, anticipate security requirements and help find right-sized solutions based on industry leading practices. You have a proven track record working successfully in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. You’re a creative, analytical problem solver with above average documentation skills who can speak to both technical and non-technical audiences. Can apply deep security skills to design, build and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, assets and people for Accenture and our clients. You are eager to put your skills to use by helping us help our clients inject security at every level of their organization.

Job Description

Reporting to the Canada Identity and Trust Leader, this is a critical role within Accenture’s Identity and Trust consulting practice and will provide executive leadership, take ownership for revenue generation across identity pillars as well as oversee large, complex delivery.

This leader will:

• Drive business development activities including origination, qualification, capture and relationship development
• Maintain relationships with key client stakeholders at the VP and C-suite level
• Lead development of written and oral client proposals
• Develop, plan and lead large-scale solution delivery efforts for Identity across a broad range of industries
• Assist in driving overall Security practice growth
• Lead, attract and retain multi-discipline, and multi-region teams

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience designing and delivering large, complex security services to clients with a heavy focus across Identity: PAM, IGA, CIAM, AI.
• Experience leading business development and sales capture efforts
• Deep network with extensive leadership relationships including at the C-suite level
• Experience leading and growing practice

Preferred Skills:

• Industry-adopted security certifications (e.g. CISSP)
• Bachelor or higher degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, CIS, MIS, Engineering)

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Role Location Annual Salary Range
British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $131,700 to $278,100

Toronto, Ontario

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