Manager – Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Architecture

Accenture; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Amsterdam, Netherlands, seeks a Manager in Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Architecture to lead security transformation at scale. You will shape security narratives for executive decision-making and translate threats into actionable strategies, operating models, and governance.

You’ll work with C-suite stakeholders to align security with business value and drive client outcomes. Responsibilities include setting client security agendas, delivering end-to-end engagements, building

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in security, technology, or related field.
• 6–10 years of experience in security strategy or advisory.
• Experience leading consulting engagements and delivery teams.
• Ability to connect security outcomes to business value.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills at all levels, including C-suite.
• Fluency in English and Dutch.

Responsibilities

• Set the security agenda for clients: define security strategies and implementation roadmaps connected to business priorities.
• Own engagements end-to-end: delivery quality, stakeholders, risk decisions, proactive problem framing.
• Build the team behind the work: guide growth and model high performance and accountability.
• Drive domain growth: spot opportunities, shape proposals, and grow offerings.

Skills

Security strategy

Advisory/Consulting

Leadership

Business-Value framing

Executive communication

Dutch and English fluency

Education

Master's degree in security/technology

Job description

Manager – Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Architecture

Lead security transformation at scale

As a Manager in our Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Architecture team, you work on the challenges that actually keep CISOs and executive leadership up at night. You are a trusted advisor shaping how organizations think about, structure, and invest in cybersecurity. A big part of that is building the narratives that make security land at the top: translating emerging threats, regulatory shifts, and architectural complexity into stories that drive executive decisions and change.

You bring together deep security expertise, executive presence, and commercial sharpness to shape and deliver complex engagements. Whether it's making the case for a security transformation, positioning a new operating model, or helping a board understand what a threat landscape actually means for their business, you shape the thinking before the strategy gets written.

Your role and impact

In this position, you are accountable for both client outcomes and team development:

• Set the security agenda for clients
  You define security strategies and implementation roadmaps that connect to what the business cares about, not just compliance checkboxes. You work at senior client levels and you're comfortable there.
• Own engagements end-to-end
  Delivery quality, stakeholder dynamics, risk calls, decisions under pressure: that's yours. You don't wait to be told what the problem is; you help the client see it.
• Build the team behind the work
  You guide the people you work with, giving them room to grow into experts while setting the example on quality and accountability.
• Drive domain growth
  You spot opportunities, shape proposals, and help build and grow our offerings.

Your expertise

You bring credibility, maturity, and depth of experience:

• A master’s degree, preferably in security, technology, or other relevant fields.
• 6–10 years of experience in security strategy, advisory, or consulting, ideally within a strategy consulting environment or large, complex organizations.
• A track record of leading consulting engagements and delivery teams.
• Broad expertise across one or more domains, such as:
  • Integrated Risk Management
  • Supply Chain & Third‑Party Risk Management
  • Cybersecurity Strategy Development
  • Cybersecurity Governance & Operating Models
  • Business-aligned Cybersecurity Transformations
• The ability to connect security outcomes to business value, fluently and credibly.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills at all levels, including C-suite.
• Fluency in English and Dutch (both written and spoken).

Why join Accenture Security

You'll be joining a team that takes your development seriously. That means real investment in where you want to go, not just what the project needs from you. Senior people here are accessible, and our culture rewards initiative, and there's space to build a profile that extends beyond your immediate client work. Whether that's developing a point of view on an emerging regulation, owning a capability area, or becoming a recognizable voice in the market, that opportunity exists if you want it.

On top of that, you get the reach of One Accenture. Access to cutting-edge technology, advanced analytics, and AI-driven security insights means you're never solving problems alone. You bring the best available thinking to every engagement, and that raises the quality of what you can deliver and what you can learn.

If you're looking for a place to grow fast, work on things that matter, and where you can help secure the Netherlands and beyond, you came to the right place.

Our values

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. Our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger, and more equitable company for future generations to create positive, long-lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and communities.