Senior AI Security & Governance Leader

Accenture PLC; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Learning & career development

Global opportunities

Employee benefits and wellbeing

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI Security Senior Manager to lead design, governance and security of AI solutions across their lifecycle. You will work with AI engineers, security architects and legal teams to ensure secure adoption of Generative AI and ML across projects.

The role spans risk assessment, security reviews, and governance program development, with a focus on compliance and client value creation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in Cybersecurity including security architecture, cloud security and risk management.
• Minimum 3 years leading security initiatives involving AI, ML, Generative AI, or AI governance.
• Minimum 5 years leading technical teams and enterprise security transformation programs.
• Experience designing security architectures in Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical authority for Security for AI initiatives across design, development, validation and deployment.
• Define AI security strategies addressing prompt injection, data leakage, model manipulation and agentic risks.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across cybersecurity, cloud, software engineering, MLOps and data science.
• Advise executives on AI risk, governance, compliant adoption of Generative AI, and regulatory alignment.
• Drive AI security controls within MLSecOps environments and lifecycle management.
• Define and oversee AI risk management processes, model inventories, and audit evidence.
• Support client engagements, proposals and C-level discussions around AI Security transformation.
• Contribute to Accenture’s AI Security offerings and thought leadership.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

AI security

Cloud security

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

English (C1)

Spanish proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Cybersecurity

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Accenture is seeking an AI Security Senior Manager to lead design, governance and security of AI solutions across their lifecycle. You will work with AI engineers, security architects and legal teams to ensure secure adoption of Generative AI and ML across projects.

The role spans risk assessment, security reviews, and governance program development, with a focus on compliance and client value creation.