Chemical & Natural Resources Cybersecurity Manager/Senior Manager

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager in Chicago to lead complex information security engagements for Chemicals & Natural Resources clients. You will coordinate delivery with Accenture domain experts and client stakeholders to strengthen security across strategy, risk, and operations.

You will guide IT/OT convergence, cloud security, and modernization initiatives while directing teams, managing risks and budgets, and delivering measurable security outcomes. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years designing, developing, implementing, or managing cybersecurity solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex information security engagements and coordinate delivery.
• Serve as a key contact for client security, business, and IT stakeholders; Accenture domain experts and third-party teams.
• Manage plans, risks, budgets, and deliverables; help shape practical solutions that meet client outcomes.
• Work with CNR industry leaders to apply cybersecurity expertise across the value chain and modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with clients to secure OT/IT convergence, supply chain security, and process safety.

Skills

Cybersecurity strategy

Security operations

Risk management

IT/OT convergence

Cloud security

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

We Are

Accenture's Cybersecurity practice, a global leader in delivering end-to-end cybersecurity services across strategy, risk management, digital identity, cyber defense, and managed security. With security professionals in 70 countries and specialized facilities like Cyber Fusion Centers and Cyber Labs, we focus on embedding security into digital transformation programs, and delivering targeted cybersecurity solutions to protect digital assets, manage cybersecurity risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in today's digital landscape. Our cybersecurity practice is supported by a global network of cybersecurity professionals, advanced tools, and partnerships with leading technology providers. We help organizations build resilience, protect their operations, and enable growth in a secure digital environment.

We Are

Accenture's Cybersecurity practice, a global leader in delivering end-to-end cybersecurity services across strategy, risk management, digital identity, cyber defense, and managed security. With security professionals in 70 countries and specialized facilities like Cyber Fusion Centers and Cyber Labs, we focus on embedding security into digital transformation programs, and delivering targeted cybersecurity solutions to protect digital assets, manage cybersecurity risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in today's digital landscape. Our cybersecurity practice is supported by a global network of cybersecurity professionals, advanced tools, and partnerships with leading technology providers. We help organizations build resilience, protect their operations, and enable growth in a secure digital environment.

You Are

Passionate about leveraging cybersecurity innovation to drive strategic transformation across the Chemicals & Natural Resources (CNR) industries, including chemical manufacturers, oil & gas operators, mining companies, and agricultural enterprises. You develop and deliver cybersecurity services that protect critical infrastructure, enable operational modernization, manage enterprise and operational risk, and support compliance with industry-specific regulatory requirements. This role demands deep expertise across IT and OT environments and the ability to guide CNR clients through complex business, technology, safety, and resilience challenges. You assess current and future cybersecurity capabilities, advise on leading practices, and shape cybersecurity strategies aligned with each client's business priorities, regulatory obligations, and operational realities.

The Work

As a Cybersecurity Manager, you will manage complex information security engagements and workstreams. You will provide cybersecurity subject matter expertise, coordinate project delivery, and serve as a key point of contact for client security, business, and IT stakeholders, Accenture domain experts, and third-party teams. You will lead; manage plans, risks, budgets, and deliverables; and help shape practical solutions that achieve committed client outcomes.

As a team member, you'll be part of a Chemicals & Natural Resources industry team focused on applying cybersecurity expertise across the CNR value chain — from upstream exploration and extraction, to refining, processing, and distribution, through to chemical manufacturing and end-product delivery. You'll work closely with our CNR industry leaders to innovate and shape secure, resilient solutions for operational technology modernization, supply chain security, and industrial process safety.

• Client Engagement: Build trusted working relationships with chemical, oil & gas, mining, and agricultural client stakeholders, translating their cybersecurity, safety, regulatory, and operational resilience priorities into actionable workplans and deliverables.
• Initiative Delivery: Manage cybersecurity workstreams and project teams delivering solutions across cyber defense, AI-enabled security, risk management, and compliance, aligned with client objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• CNR Insight & Strategy Development: Apply deep knowledge of CNR operations, regulatory obligations, threat trends, and technology modernization to shape practical client strategies tailored to chemical, energy, and natural resource environments.
• Innovative Strategy Formulation: Collaborate with CNR clients to create and implement forward-looking strategies that secure operational technology modernization, process control systems, supply chain digitization, cloud adoption, and IT/OT convergence while protecting worker safety, environmental compliance, and operational continuity.
• Secure AI: Support CNR clients in the secure adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning across industrial operations — including AI-driven process optimization, predictive maintenance, and autonomous systems — ensuring AI deployments are implemented with security, safety, and governance controls embedded from inception.
• Team Leadership & Development: Supervise and coach project team members, assign work, review deliverables, and foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing delivery environment.
• Communication & Reporting: Develop clear recommendations, status reports, and executive-ready materials; present findings and delivery progress to client and Accenture stakeholders.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum of 6 years of experience designing, developing, implementing, or managing solutions across cybersecurity domains such as industry strategy, security operations, risk management, digital identity, network security, vulnerability management, data protection, cloud security, and OT security.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading project teams or workstreams, including planning, delivery management, risk and issue management, and quality review.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience delivering cybersecurity solutions for chemical manufacturers, oil & gas operators, mining companies