Threat Intelligence Production Lead

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

Job summary

Accenture is seeking the ACI EMEA Intelligence Production Lead to manage the day-to-day threat research mission across five areas—Espionage, Cybercrime, Geopolitical Intelligence, Dark Web, and Vulnerability—and to lead a team of analysts toward outputs that are clear, relevant, and actionable for clients.

You will stay hands-on with technical research, share insights across the business and externally, and present findings at conferences while ensuring research supports incident response,

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualifications in politics, intelligence, information technology or information security (or equivalent via apprenticeship)
• Minimum 6 years of experience in a technical threat intelligence or adjacent role
• Expert technical understanding of threat intelligence including tracking adversary infrastructure and campaigns
• Strong experience communicating threats and trends to technical audiences and leadership
• Experience supporting incident response or security operations
• Experience leading threat intelligence delivery and coaching researchers
• Experience developing teams and fostering collaboration
• Comfortable addressing performance issues constructively

Responsibilities

• Manage the Intelligence Production team’s day-to-day work and set priorities
• Set direction for the team and maintain priority intelligence requirements
• Advocate for the team and represent its needs to stakeholders
• Carry out own technical threat research on threats, techniques and trends
• Present research findings to internal stakeholders, clients and at events
• Support ongoing incidents and active threats with timely intelligence
• Ensure access to tools and data and provide training opportunities
• Improve processes, tooling and sharing of insights over time

Skills

Threat intelligence

Threat research

Incident response

Leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Communication to leadership

Performance management

Collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent qualifications

Tools

CBEST

TIBER-EU

STAR-FS

Job description

Job Description

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

Qualification

Basic Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualifications, preferably relating to politics, intelligence, information technology or information security OR equivalent knowledge through apprenticeship or vocational training
• Minimum6 years ofexperience 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 asCBEST, TIBER-EU, or STAR-FS
• Experience improving team processes or tooling
• Understandingof how geopolitical events influence cyber threats
• Exposure to malwareanalysis, network analysis, host intrusion analysis, log analysis, vulnerability research, digitalforensicsorrelated disciplines

Locations

London

Cheltenham

Additional Information

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