Threat Intelligence Production Lead

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Threat Intelligence Production Lead to oversee the day-to-day execution of our threat research mission across Espionage, Cybercrime, Geopolitical Intelligence, Dark Web, and Vulnerability. You will lead a team of analysts, ensure outputs are clear and actionable, and work across five intelligence delivery areas.

You will stay hands-on, conduct technical research, and present insights to internal stakeholders, clients, and at external conferences.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in politics, intelligence, information technology, information security or related field.
• Minimum 6 years in technical threat intelligence or adjacent roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Intelligence Production team's day-to-day work and set clear priorities.
• Set direction for the team and maintain priority intelligence requirements.
• Lead technical threat research and present findings to stakeholders and clients.
• Support incident response and threat investigations with timely, relevant intelligence.
• Ensure access to tools and data and provide training opportunities.
• Improve processes, tooling, and ways of sharing insight over time.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Technical writing

Leadership

Incident response

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Geopolitical analysis

Malware analysis

Education

Degree or equivalent in politics, intelligence, IT or information security

Tools

CBEST / TIBER-EU / STAR-FS

Job description

Location: London/ Cheltenham (hybrid)

Please Note:Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.As the ACI

Role: Threat Intelligence Production Lead

Location: London/ Cheltenham (hybrid)

Please Note:Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.As the ACI EMEA Intelligence Production Lead, you’re responsible for managing the day-to-day execution of our threat research mission, setting overall direction across five intelligence delivery areas (Espionage, Cybercrime, Geopolitical Intelligence, Dark Web, and Vulnerability). You will oversee a team of analysts, making sure their work is focused on what matters most and that outputs are clear, relevant, and useful. Your emphasis will be on generating high-quality proprietary intelligence from commercial, non-public and enterprise data sources.

You stay hands-on yourself, carrying out technical research and sharing insight across the business and with external clients. You engage in thought leadership, presenting our threat research within the security community and at external conferences and other events. You also work closely with other teams, helping ensure research supports real-world needs such as incident response, detection, and client delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Intelligence Production team’s day-to-day work, setting clear expectations, and balancing individual strengths and interests with team goals
• Set the direction for the team, including maintaining priority intelligence requirements
• Advocate for the team and represent its needs effectively to stakeholders.
• Carry out your own technical research on threats, techniques, and trends
• Present research findings to internal stakeholders, clients, and at industry events and conferences in a clear and practical way
• Support ongoing incidents, threat investigations, and active threats by providing timely and relevant intelligence
• Ensure the team has access to the tools and data they need, and relevant training opportunities
• Improve how we work over time, including processes and methodologies, tooling, and ways of sharing insight

Basic Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualifications, preferably relating to politics, intelligence, information technology or information security OR equivalent knowledge through apprenticeship or vocational training
• Minimum 6 years of experience in a technical threat intelligence or adjacent role

Required Skills

• Expert technical understanding of threat intelligence (including tracking adversary infrastructure, intrusions, tooling, and campaigns)
• Strong experience communicating current and emerging threats, key trends, and potential impact to technical audiences and senior leadership.
• Experience supporting incident response, security operations, or similar environments
• Experience leading threat intelligence delivery, setting priorities, and managing workstreams based on business and operational requirements.
• Experience leading and developing researchers through coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback.
• Passion for supporting others and creating a collaborative and inclusive team environment, where people can grow and succeed
• Comfortable addressing performance issues in a constructive and professional manner.

Desired Skills

• Experience with frameworks such as CBEST, TIBER-EU, or STAR-FS
• Experience improving team processes or tooling
• Understanding of how geopolitical events influence cyber threats
• Exposure to malware analysis, network analysis, host intrusion analysis, log analysis, vulnerability research, digital forensics or related disciplines