Security Consulting Manager - PRD

Accenture UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Security Consulting Manager for the Products security group in the UK, hybrid role. You will lead security projects, manage client relationships and deliver strategic cyber capabilities across industries.

You will combine technical and business insight to guide clients through cyber strategy, risk, and regulatory requirements while mentoring teams and contributing to business development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience across multiple domains.
• Experience leading security project teams in complex client environments.
• Background spanning advisory, delivery and hands-on implementation.
• Familiarity with security regulations and frameworks (NIST, NIS, CAF, ISO 27001).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate risks into business impact.
• Willingness to travel across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of security projects, managing timelines, budgets, and quality to agreed outcomes.
• Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, from technical teams through to C-suite, building trust-based relationships and ensuring seamless execution.
• Conduct cybersecurity strategy assessments, maturity and readiness evaluations, and discovery workshops using industry frameworks and compliance mandates.
• Identify and articulate risks at project, business, and technical levels, delivering proportionate and cost-effective mitigation strategies.
• Design and implement robust cybersecurity solutions tailored to client environments and risk profiles.
• Create high-quality deliverables including threat and risk assessments, security policies, procedures, incorporating industry best practices.
• Stay current on emerging threats, AI-driven security solutions, and regulatory developments, contributing insights to shape client strategies.
• Drive business development by identifying and qualifying new opportunities within existing accounts and building new client relationships.
• Contribute to sales pursuits, proposals, and commercial responses, with an expectation to support pipeline and revenue targets at a Manager level.
• Partner with Accenture industry and alliance teams to develop differentiated, go-to-market security offerings for Products clients.
• Lead, coach, and develop teams of security consultants across Analyst, Senior Analyst and Consultant levels.
• Provide guidance, knowledge sharing, and skill-building that raises the capability of the broader team.
• Contribute to Accenture's thought leadership in security through publications, client presentations, and industry engagements.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security Strategy

GRC

IAM

Cloud Security

Data & AI Security

OT Security

Security Operations

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Job Role: Security Consulting Manager - Products
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Career Level: Manager (CL7)

As a team:
Accenture Security helps organisations build cyber resilience and navigate complex business and technology transformation. We work with some of the world's leading organisations to manage cyber risk, modernise security capabilities and drive secure innovation.

Joining our team means working alongside a global network of security professionals who combine deep technical expertise with industry insight to help clients solve their most pressing security challenges. You will have the opportunity to work on complex programmes, develop new skills, and grow your career in an environment that values collaboration, innovation and continuous learning.

About the Role:

As a Security Consulting Manager in the Products Security industry group, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing security consulting activities for clients across sectors such as Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrials and Life Sciences.

You will bring together technical, business, industry and commercial expertise to help clients address their complex security challenges.

We are looking for people with a broad understanding across multiple cybersecurity domains, which may include cyber strategy, cloud security, data, AI security, and IAM, Operational Technology (OT) security and security operations, combined with strong commercial acumen.

In this role, you will work with delivery teams to ensure existing projects are operating as expected, while also building relationships and developing new opportunities with clients. You will act as a bridge between the client, the client account team, and our group of experts in the security domain teams.

In this role you will:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of security projects, managing timelines, budgets, and quality to agreed outcomes

• Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, from technical teams through to C-suite, building trust-based relationships and ensuring seamless execution

• Conduct cybersecurity strategy assessments, maturity and readiness evaluations, and discovery workshops using industry frameworks and compliance mandates

• Identify and articulate risks at project, business, and technical levels, delivering proportionate and cost-effective mitigation strategies

• Design and implement robust cybersecurity solutions tailored to client environments and risk profiles

• Create high-quality deliverables including threat and risk assessments, security policies, procedures, incorporating industry best practices

• Stay current on emerging threats, AI-driven security solutions, and regulatory developments, contributing insights to shape client strategies

• Drive business development by identifying and qualifying new opportunities within existing accounts and building new client relationships

• Contribute to sales pursuits, proposals, and commercial responses, with an expectation to support pipeline and revenue targets at a Manager level

• Partner with Accenture industry and alliance teams to develop differentiated, go-to-market security offerings for Products clients

• Lead, coach, and develop teams of security consultants across Analyst, Senior Analyst and Consultant levels

• Provide guidance, knowledge sharing, and skill-building that raises the capability of the broader team

• Contribute to Accenture's thought leadership in security through publications, client presentations, and industry engagements

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity within relevant domains such as Cyber Strategy, GRC, IAM, Cloud Security, Data and AI Security, Operational Technology (OT) security and Security Operations.

• Experience leading security project teams and/or workstreams within complex client environments.

• Background spanning advisory, project delivery and hands-on technical implementation

• Familiarity with security regulations and frameworks (NIST, NIS, CAF, ISO 27001)

• Experience working with both technical teams and executive stakeholders

• Commercial awareness, including experience contributing to business development, bids, or account growth

• Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex technical risks into clear business impact

• High attention to detail and rigorous logical thinking ability

• Willingness to travel across the UK as projects require

Set yourself apart:

• Professional certifications: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP or equivalent.

• Experience across multiple sectors: Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrials or Life Sciences.

• Proven track record leading complex, multi-workstream security programmes

• Familiarity with AI security risks, AI-enabled security capabilities, and other emerging technologies and practices, with an understanding of how they are influencing the cybersecurity landscape.

• Natural leadership and the ability to establish trust-based relationships and work through organizational change and/or expanding ecosystem relationships, developing, and delivering creative solutions

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.

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