Cyber Intelligence Manager, Americas

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a mid-level Cyber Intelligence practitioner and consultant to join its Security practice in the United States. You will own portions of technical delivery, serve as a client-facing SME, and embed AI into intelligence collection, analysis, and engagement delivery.

The role emphasizes collaboration with country leads, delivery leadership, and account teams. You will build trusted client relationships, lead threat intelligence briefings, and contribute to program uplift while

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in cyber intelligence or a closely related field.
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated technical expertise in cyber intelligence domains (e.g., threat intelligence, security operations).
• Minimum 3 years of experience engaging directly with clients without supervision.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with generative AI in intelligence tradecraft and client delivery.
• Experience in distributed delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Own portions of the technical delivery of cyber intelligence engagements, spanning strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise in cyber intelligence and adjacent domains.
• Support business development by contributing content and client context to scoping and proposals.
• Contribute to thought leadership, including research and client-facing viewpoints on emerging threats.
• Travel may be required for this role (0–100%).

Skills

Cyber intelligence

Client engagement

Threat analysis

AI in intel

Security operations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CrowdStrike

Google

Filigran

Recorded Future

Job description

We Are Accenture is a global collective of innovators whose aim is to improve the way the world works and lives. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning and a global community of diverse talent, we drive success in new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. And we are looking to hire an experienced Cyber Intelligence practitioner and consultant to an already outstanding team. Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond to, and recover, at all points of the security lifecycle. We hire the very best security talent and arm them with the coolest tools and latest tech so they can help our clients build resilience as we create integrated, customized turnkey solutions. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

Ideal Candidate

• Owning portions of technical delivery of cyber intelligence engagements for enterprise clients
• Serving as a client-facing subject matter expert on consulting engagements
• Building trusted relationships with client peers and technical stakeholders
• Integrating AI and automation into intelligence tradecraft and client delivery

The Work

The Work is an exciting opportunity to combine deep technical cyber intelligence expertise with consulting skills, delivering high-value engagements for Accenture’s largest clients. As a mid-level individual contributor, you will blend hands‑on subject matter expertise in cyber intelligence and adjacent cyber resilience and defense domains with the ability to own your work quality on complex client engagements. You will serve as a trusted technical and delivery professional, embedding strategic and operational intelligence products and services into the client’s operating tempo and its business decisions. This person will also support business development as necessary. This is a role for a practitioner‑consultant who is equally comfortable leading a threat intelligence briefing for a CISO, architecting an intelligence program uplift, optimizing cyber intelligence and security operations technology, and supporting operational teams during an acute crisis. You will partner closely with the Cyber Intelligence country lead, cybersecurity delivery leadership and account teams, and Accenture’s broader Cyber Resilience & Defense professionals to ensure our services are delivered with the right combination of integrated expertise and quality for client value. You will also embed generative and agentic AI into the way you conduct your intelligence collection, analysis, production, and engagement delivery. This role will report to the appropriate Cyber Intelligence country lead.

Responsibilities

• Own portions of the technical delivery of cyber intelligence engagements, spanning strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence, and adjacent cyber resilience and defense domains
• Provide deep subject matter expertise in cyber intelligence and at least one adjacent domain (e.g., detection engineering, CTEM, hunting, incident response, etc.)
• Support business development of new and follow on opportunities by contributing content and client context to scoping, proposal development, and client pitches
• Contribute to thought leadership, including research, publications, and client-facing points of view on emerging threats and technology
• Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in cyber intelligence or a closely related field and owning high-quality work as part of engagement delivery in a consulting, professional services, or product business
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated technical expertise in one or more cyber intelligence and adjacent cyber resilience and defense domains (e.g., threat intelligence and security operations platform implementation, digital risk protection, detection engineering, malware analysis, cyber defense operations)
• Minimum of 3 years of experience engaging directly with clients without supervision
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
• Bonus points if you have Deep experience with CrowdStrike, Google, Filigran, Recorded Future, and other industry-leading intelligence products and services
• Demonstrated experience contributing to original thought leadership on intelligence, cybersecurity, and emerging technology topics
• Experience leveraging generative and agentic AI in intelligence tradecraft and delivery
• Experience working across cyber resilience and defense domains in a distributed delivery model

Compensation

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/30/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Annual Salary Range

• California $70,350 to $205,800
• Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• Connecticut $63,800 to $177,800
• District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
• Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
• Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• New York $66,300 to $205,800
• New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Ohio $59,100 to $164,600
• Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Washington $80,200 to $189,300

About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and‑innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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