Head of Cyber Intelligence, Americas

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and long-term disability

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned Cyber Intelligence executive to lead the Americas business. As Head of Cyber Intelligence, Americas, you will own strategy, financial performance, and delivery, expanding the practice with new and existing clients and guiding a high-performing team.

You will translate threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions for C-suite stakeholders, drive AI-enabled offerings, collaborate with global teams, and ensure value and profitability across engagements

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years’ relevant experience in cyber intelligence, cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, threat hunting, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 10 years' experience engaging and advising executive stakeholders on enterprise level cyber intelligence, resilience, and defense with market wide sales and revenue growth accountability.
• Minimum 8 years' experience leading teams and/or managing a practice, portfolio, or business unit at scale.
• Minimum 8 years' experience developing new business within a professional services or consulting business, including GTM, executive account management, and deal closure.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Responsibilities

• Own sales and revenue for the Americas Cyber Intelligence business, driving 25% year-over-year growth
• Continually evolve and execute the go-to-market strategy for cyber intelligence services and products across the Americas market and within each geographic market unit
• Lead business development end-to-end: pipeline generation, executive relationships, proposals, SOWs, pricing, and deal closure
• Mentor, retain, and evolve a high-performing, diverse team of consultants, analysts, and engineers, and continually reshape the delivery model for a rapidly changing market
• Embed generative and agentic AI across the delivery lifecycle to improve speed, quality, coverage, and unit economics — and to create differentiated, AI-enabled intelligence offerings clients cannot buy elsewhere
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and Board stakeholders, translating complex threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions
• Partner with the global Cyber Intelligence team and adjacent Accenture practices (Cyber Resilience & Defense, Managed Security Services, Data & AI) to deliver integrated solutions
• Ensure delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and repeatable, scalable outcomes. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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 business executive to an already outstanding team. Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond, 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. You Are You Are passionate about security, love what you do and have a genuine desire to outsmart the bad guys. You have the experience to analyze a clients’ security posture, anticipate security requirements and help find right-sized solutions based on industry leading practices. You have a proven track record working successfully in a fast-paced, agile environment.

The ideal candidate has previously led one or more of the following:

• Managing a large-scale threat intelligence or cyber consulting practice with sales and revenue accountability across multiple geographic regions
• Building and scaling intelligence and/or other cyber resilience and defense delivery teams
• Developing and taking to market intelligence consulting, products, and managed services
• Executive-level client relationship management and complex deal origination
• Integrating AI and automation into cyber intelligence, resilience, and defense operations

The Work

The Work is an exciting opportunity to lead and grow Accenture’s Cyber Intelligence services and products business across the Americas. As Head of Cyber Intelligence, Americas, you will own the strategy, financial performance, and delivery of one of the fastest-evolving businesses within our Cyber Resilience and Defense practice. You will be accountable for expanding the business through new and existing clients, leading a high-performing team, ensuring every engagement delivers measurable value to our clients and profitability for Accenture. You will set the vision and execute the plan for how intelligence is delivered to the largest enterprises in the region. This includes how generative and agentic AI reshapes both our delivery and our clients’ intelligence approach, integrated with other core cyber resilience and defense capabilities. You will partner closely with our global Cyber Intelligence team and our other Cyber Resilience and Defense practices in the Americas to deliver differentiated end-to-end solutions that win in the Americas market. This is a role for a leader who is equally comfortable articulating cyber intelligence in business risk terms to a CISO or Board, directing a pursuit team to close a complex deal, and working side by side with analysts raising the quality and efficiency of intelligence production. This role will report to the head of Cyber Resilience & Defense Americas with dotted line reporting to the global head of Cyber Intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Own sales and revenue for the Americas Cyber Intelligence business, driving 25% year-over-year growth
• Continually evolve and execute the go-to-market strategy for cyber intelligence services and products across the Americas market and within each geographic market unit
• Lead business development end-to-end: pipeline generation, executive relationships, proposals, SOWs, pricing, and deal closure
• Mentor, retain, and evolve a high-performing, diverse team of consultants, analysts, and engineers, and continually reshape the delivery model for a rapidly changing market
• Embed generative and agentic AI across the delivery lifecycle to improve speed, quality, coverage, and unit economics — and to create differentiated, AI-enabled intelligence offerings clients cannot buy elsewhere
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and Board stakeholders, translating complex threat and geopolitical intelligence into business decisions
• Partner with the global Cyber Intelligence team and adjacent Accenture practices (Cyber Resilience & Defense, Managed Security Services, Data & AI) to deliver integrated solutions
• Ensure delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and repeatable, scalable outcomes. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years’ relevant experience in cyber intelligence, cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, threat hunting, or a closely related field
• Minimum 10 years' experience engaging and advising executive stakeholders on enterprise level cyber intelligence, resilience, and defense with market wide sales and revenue growth accountability
• Minimum 8 years' experience leading teams and/or managing a practice, portfolio, or business unit at scale.
• Minimum 8 years' experience developing new business within a professional services or consulting business, including GTM, executive account management, and deal closure
• 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 Extensive experience leading a professional services and products business for the world’s most prominent organizations across industries
• Demonstrated ability to grow a combined services and product business, including both consulting and managed services, at scale (double-digit year-over-year growth) while maintaining strong contract profitability
• Demonstrated experience producing and presenting original thought leadership on cybersecurity, emerging technology, and enterprise risk topics
• An individual brand and executive relationships as a recognized leader in the cybersecurity industry
• Experience partnering with global teams in a distributed delivery model
• Experience designing market-leading cyber resilience and defense offerings and winning market share in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil

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.

Annual Salary Range

• California $132,500 to $338,300
• Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
• Connecticut $132,500 to $292,200
• District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
• Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
• Maine $112,900 to $249,000
• Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
• Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200
• Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
• New York $122,700 to $338,300
• New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300
• Ohio $122,700 to $270,600
• Virginia $122,700 to $311,200
• Washington $141,100 to $311,200

Benefits

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.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• bonus opportunities
• paid holidays
• paid time off

See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

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