Chief Cyber Intelligence, Americas

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and long-term disability

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned Cyber Intelligence executive to lead the Americas business. As Head of Cyber Intelligence, Americas, you will own strategy, financial performance, and delivery, expanding the practice with new and existing clients and guiding a high-performing team.

You will translate threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions for C-suite stakeholders, drive AI-enabled offerings, collaborate with global teams, and ensure value and profitability across engagements

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years’ relevant experience in cyber intelligence, cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, threat hunting, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 10 years' experience engaging and advising executive stakeholders on enterprise level cyber intelligence, resilience, and defense with market wide sales and revenue growth accountability.
• Minimum 8 years' experience leading teams and/or managing a practice, portfolio, or business unit at scale.
• Minimum 8 years' experience developing new business within a professional services or consulting business, including GTM, executive account management, and deal closure.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Responsibilities

• Own sales and revenue for the Americas Cyber Intelligence business, driving 25% year-over-year growth
• Continually evolve and execute the go-to-market strategy for cyber intelligence services and products across the Americas market and within each geographic market unit
• Lead business development end-to-end: pipeline generation, executive relationships, proposals, SOWs, pricing, and deal closure
• Mentor, retain, and evolve a high-performing, diverse team of consultants, analysts, and engineers, and continually reshape the delivery model for a rapidly changing market
• Embed generative and agentic AI across the delivery lifecycle to improve speed, quality, coverage, and unit economics — and to create differentiated, AI-enabled intelligence offerings clients cannot buy elsewhere
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and Board stakeholders, translating complex threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions
• Partner with the global Cyber Intelligence team and adjacent Accenture practices (Cyber Resilience & Defense, Managed Security Services, Data & AI) to deliver integrated solutions
• Ensure delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and repeatable, scalable outcomes. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture is seeking a seasoned Cyber Intelligence executive to lead the Americas business. As Head of Cyber Intelligence, Americas, you will own strategy, financial performance, and delivery, expanding the practice with new and existing clients and guiding a high-performing team.

You will translate threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions for C-suite stakeholders, drive AI-enabled offerings, collaborate with global teams, and ensure value and profitability across engagements