Executive Infrastructure Resiliency Lead — BC/DR & Crisis

Accenture PLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 381,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an Infrastructure Resiliency Lead (L5) to own enterprise-wide IT resiliency strategy and execution. This role leads BC/DR, HA architecture, crisis management, and geo-resilience for global clients, reporting to CIO/CRO audiences and driving large, complex engagements.

The candidate will manage P&L, risk, and client satisfaction while shaping the resiliency portfolio and going-to-market strategy across financial services and regulated industries.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, operational resilience, or technology risk, with a demonstrable specialty in BC/DR and HA architecture.
• Minimum 10+ years in senior leadership roles with direct ownership of resiliency strategy, regulatory compliance, or crisis response for large, complex enterprises.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Responsibilities

• Own IT resiliency end-to-end — setting strategy, governing architecture, and driving execution across BC/DR, HA design, operational resilience, and geo-resilience programs for complex global clients
• Serve as the primary executive point of accountability for DORA compliance, operational-resilience regulatory requirements, and related supervisory expectations across financial services and other regulated industries
• Lead crisis management design and response frameworks — including crisis simulation, runbook governance, and executive escalation protocols — ensuring clients can sustain critical operations through major disruptions
• Design and oversee geo-resilience architectures — active-active, active-passive, and multi-region failover models — accounting for data sovereignty, latency, regulatory, and concentration-risk requirements
• Sell and shape resiliency engagements at the CIO and CRO level — leading pursuits, authoring executive proposals, and presenting to boards, regulators, and senior risk committees
• Maintain personal accountability for the commercial and delivery performance of sold engagements — including P&L ownership, risk management, and client satisfaction for the resiliency portfolio
• Provide thought leadership on emerging resilience trends — including AI-driven resilience testing, chaos engineering, third-party concentration risk, and evolving regulatory frameworks (DORA, FRB SR 20-4, APRA CPS 230)
• Build and lead a high-performing resiliency practice — attracting talent, developing next-generation leaders, and scaling Accenture’s go-to-market proposition in infrastructure resilience

Skills

BC/DR & HA Architecture

Regulatory Compliance

Crisis Management

Executive Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture is seeking an Infrastructure Resiliency Lead (L5) to own enterprise-wide IT resiliency strategy and execution. This role leads BC/DR, HA architecture, crisis management, and geo-resilience for global clients, reporting to CIO/CRO audiences and driving large, complex engagements.

The candidate will manage P&L, risk, and client satisfaction while shaping the resiliency portfolio and going-to-market strategy across financial services and regulated industries.