Cyber Crisis Readiness Lead

Accenture PLC; Illinois; On-site; USD 87,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Accenture in the United States (Illinois) seeks a crisis management leader to drive client engagements across crisis readiness, incident response, and recovery. You will assemble diverse teams, advise senior executives, and shape crisis playbooks and governance while guiding high-stakes decisions during active cyber crises.

Travel may be required. The role emphasizes building trusted client relationships, leading workshops and simulations, and shaping strategic crisis readiness capabilities for

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in crisis management, business continuity, incident management, or a closely related advisory discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of client-facing consulting experience in crisis management, cybersecurity, or a closely related advisory discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience advising or engaging directly with senior executives in high-stakes or crisis scenarios.
• Minimum 4 years of experience managing and developing teams in a consulting or advisory environment.
• Minimum 3 years demonstrated experience leading or facilitating client workshops, crisis simulations, tabletop exercises, or readiness assessments.
• Minimum 3 years demonstrated project or program management experience planning, coordinating, and delivering complex engagements on time and within scope.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Responsibilities

• Lead client cyber crisis and incident engagements across the full lifecycle—crisis readiness, response, and recovery—serving as the authoritative point of contact and advisor for client stakeholders before, during, and after a cyber incident.
• Assess client needs and assemble the right mix of technical and functional resources to build a team capable of delivering the right solution for the engagement.
• Lead and direct team workstreams under high-pressure, ambiguous circumstances to drive client outcomes during active crisis engagements.
• Design, develop, and facilitate crisis simulations, tabletop exercises, and readiness assessments architected to reflect realistic, client-specific cyber scenarios — engaging senior stakeholders to test and strengthen organizational crisis and incident response capabilities.
• Develop, refine, and dynamically adapt crisis readiness frameworks, playbooks, and governance structures to meet the specific demands of a client’s environment — translating standard methodologies into tailored solutions that reflect the client’s organizational context, regulatory requirements, and the realities of an active cyber crisis.
• Lead post-incident reviews and lessons‑learned workshops, translating findings into actionable improvement roadmaps and owning the delivery of those findings back to senior client stakeholders.
• Contribute to practice and business development by authoring thought leadership, developing and refining methodologies, supporting proposals, and identifying expansion opportunities within existing client relationships.
• Manage and develop a team of crisis readiness consultants, providing day‑to‑day oversight, mentorship, and delivery guidance

Skills

Crisis management

Consulting

Executive engagement

Team leadership

Project management

Crisis readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture in the United States (Illinois) seeks a crisis management leader to drive client engagements across crisis readiness, incident response, and recovery. You will assemble diverse teams, advise senior executives, and shape crisis playbooks and governance while guiding high-stakes decisions during active cyber crises.

Travel may be required. The role emphasizes building trusted client relationships, leading workshops and simulations, and shaping strategic crisis readiness capabilities for