Cybersecurity Sr Manager - Utilities Industry

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Senior Manager to lead and manage complex information security engagements for utilities. You will provide subject matter expertise, drive project delivery, and interface with client stakeholders, Accenture experts, and third-party teams to deliver outcomes.

You will work within a Utilities industry team to modernize grid operations, manage IT/OT convergence, and address cyber risk across generation, transmission, and distribution. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of work experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing cybersecurity solutions across IT/OT domains.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team and delivering security programs as an account lead.
• Minimum of 5 years delivering cybersecurity solutions for electric, gas, or water utilities across enterprise IT and OT environments.
• Experience with utility cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory standards (e.g., NERC CIP, NIST CSF, ISA/IEC 62443).
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience requirement

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end cybersecurity strategy and execution across utility IT/OT environments.
• Advise C-suite and utility leaders on integrating cybersecurity risk management into operational resilience and capital programs.
• Oversee large-scale utility cybersecurity transformation programs focusing on IT/OT convergence and threat monitoring.
• Collaborate with ecosystem partners and Accenture Industry teams to define go-to-market solutions.
• Represent Accenture Security in client engagements and leadership forums.
• Establish trusted relationships with clients and manage multi-stakeholder programs.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Leadership

Strategy development

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years)

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.

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 Utilities industry, including electric, gas, and water utilities. You develop and deliver cybersecurity services that protect critical infrastructure, enable grid and operational modernization, manage enterprise and operational risk, and support compliance with utility-specific regulatory requirements. This role demands deep expertise across IT and OT environments and the ability to guide utility clients through complex business, technology, reliability, and resilience challenges. You assess current and future cybersecurity capabilities, advise on leading practices, and shape cybersecurity strategies aligned with each utility’s business priorities, regulatory obligations, and operational realities.

The Work:

As a Cybersecurity Senior Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing complex information security engagements. You will provide cybersecurity subject matter expertise, and drive project delivery execution as the primary point of contact for the project team – often interfacing with client security stakeholders, client business and/or IT stakeholders, Accenture domain experts and other third-party teams as needed. You will lead others on your projects, from one to many, across our Analyst, Senior Analyst, Consultant and Manager levels. You will be the ultimate problem solver, and will need to lead from the front, ensuring we are partnering with our clients to shape and deliver on committed outcomes.

As a team member, you’ll be part of a Utilities industry team focused on applying cybersecurity expertise across the utility value chain—from generation, transmission, and distribution to field operations, customer services, gas delivery, and water operations. You’ll work closely with our Utilities industry leaders to innovate and shape secure, resilient solutions for grid modernization and energy transition.

• Client Engagement: Develop and sustain strategic relationships with electric, gas, and water utility clients, serving as a trusted advisor who understands their cybersecurity, reliability, regulatory, and operational resilience priorities.
• Strategic Initiative Leadership: Drive and oversee strategic initiatives, leading teams to deliver high-impact solutions in cybersecurity, advanced AI, risk management and compliance, with a focus on aligning solutions with clients’ risk and long-term strategic objectives.
• Utilities Insight & Strategy Development: Apply deep knowledge of utility operations, regulatory obligations, threat trends, and technology modernization to shape practical client strategies.
• Innovative Strategy Formulation: Collaborate with utility clients to create and implement forward-looking strategies that secure grid modernization, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed energy resources, cloud adoption, field operations, and IT/OT convergence while protecting safety, reliability, and affordability.
• Leadership & Talent Development: Provide leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of strategic thinking and high performance, while ensuring the delivery of impactful cybersecurity solutions.
• Strategic Communication & Reporting: Develop and present strategic insights, thought leadership, recommendations, and progress reports to senior client stakeholders, effectively communicating the value and impact of cybersecurity on the business

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with client stakeholders to align security initiatives with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Lead end-to-end cybersecurity strategy and execution across utility enterprise and operational environments, including IT, OT/ICS, cloud, substations, control centers, field systems, advanced metering infrastructure, and customer platforms, while supporting applicable requirements such as NERC CIP, TSA Security Directives, CIRCIA, NIST, and state utility regulations.
• Advise C-suite and utility business leaders on integrating cybersecurity risk management into operational resilience, capital programs, grid modernization, mergers and acquisitions, emergency preparedness, and energy transition initiatives.
• Oversee large-scale utility cybersecurity transformation programs focused on secure IT/OT convergence, network segmentation, internal network security monitoring, threat detection modernization, cyber resilience, and identity and access management for critical infrastructure.
• Drive utility-specific threat modeling, incident response, and recovery readiness for risks such as ransomware, nation-state activity, supply chain compromise, insecure remote access, and attacks affecting grid, pipeline, water, or customer operations.
• Collaborate with ecosystem partners and technology vendors to design scalable cybersecurity architectures that enable secure grid modernization, automation, cloud adoption, distributed energy resources, and customer digital services without compromising utility reliability or safety.
• Representing Accenture Security in client engagements, proposals, and leadership forums.
• Partnering with additional Accenture Industry teams to define and develop new/differentiated go-to-market solutions for our clients.
• Establishing trusted relationships with our clients

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 8 years of work experience working on designing, developing, implementing, and managing solutions across various cybersecurity domains (e.g. industry strategy, security operations, risk management, digital identity, network security, vulnerability management, data protection, cloud security, OT security)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading a team and performing leadership activities like planning, managing and delivery in a Security Account lead role (managing an account)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience delivering cybersecurity solutions for electric, gas, or water utilities across enterprise IT and operational technology environments (Operational Grids, Substations, and/or Plants, etc.)
• Experience with Utility Industry cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks, for example: NERC CIP, NRC Cybersecurity, TSA Security Directives, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, and/or DOE C2M2
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an, Associate’s Degree with 6 years of work experience)

Bonus points if:

• You have certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, TOGAF, SABSA

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