Executive IT Resilience Leader & Strategy Architect

Accenture; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 414,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an Infrastructure Resiliency Lead (senior L5) to own IT resiliency strategy and execution across BC/DR, HA architecture, and geo-resilience for a global client base. You will engage CIOs and CROs, drive large resiliency programs, and manage P&L responsibilities.

You will lead executive-level engagements, shape proposals, and ensure regulatory compliance while guiding a high-performing resiliency practice and development of next-generation leaders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of IT infrastructure, operational resilience, or technology risk with a demonstrable BC/DR and HA architecture specialty.
• 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

Operational Resilience & Compliance

Crisis Management & Third-Party Risk

Commercial & Executive Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Associate degree with 6+ years experience

Job description

Accenture is seeking an Infrastructure Resiliency Lead (senior L5) to own IT resiliency strategy and execution across BC/DR, HA architecture, and geo-resilience for a global client base. You will engage CIOs and CROs, drive large resiliency programs, and manage P&L responsibilities.

You will lead executive-level engagements, shape proposals, and ensure regulatory compliance while guiding a high-performing resiliency practice and development of next-generation leaders.