Senior Manager - Secure AI Architecture & Client Growth

Accenture PLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice's delivery and client leadership layer. You own workstreams or full engagement programs, bring depth in Secure AI domains, and act as trusted advisor to client executives.

The role requires building strong relationships and translating AI security concepts into business outcomes for senior stakeholders. You will shape offerings, contribute to pursuit activity and SOW development, and travel as required to deliver client

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Cybersecurity with domain expertise in at least one discipline (AppSec, SecOps, IAM, cloud, GRC, or offensive security)
• Minimum 1 year of experience in at least one Secure AI domain: AI security architecture, adversarial AI, or cloud/infrastructure security for AI
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Agentic coding fluency: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex — used in daily delivery practice
• Minimum 1 year of experience in AI architecture: LLM deployment patterns, agentic/multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, MLOps, A2A, AI Gateways, MCP Gateways
• Minimum 1 year of experience in AI-specific security: OWASP LLM Top 10, prompt injection, model extraction, supply chain attacks
• Minimum 1 year of experience with AI governance frameworks: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, model risk management
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Responsibilities

• Cybersecurity Secure AI solutions that transform clients’ Enterprise AI adoption and secure their AI-enabled operations
• Design, set-up, and test prototype and production secure AI deployment solutions and ensure that all the pieces work together seamlessly
• Work with the project team, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create stand‑out [ AI Security and Governance ] offerings powered by [LLM platforms, frontier grade models, agentic frameworks, and AI/MCP gateways (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI as representative examples]
• Develop strong relationships with clients and gain the trust of key advisors
• Make the business case for the [ most effective and appropriate secure AI] solution recommended to the client
• Pitch in on Accenture sales efforts when needed
• Continue to learn and develop your technical [foundational AI, AI security, emerging technology] and related business expertise
• Deliver services that meet Accenture Project quality specifications
• Ability to take initiative to communicate, interact, and collaborate with others to ensure that all aspects of a task are addressed

Skills

Cybersecurity

Secure AI

Agentic coding

AI architecture

AI governance

Client leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Accenture PLC seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice's delivery and client leadership layer. You own workstreams or full engagement programs, bring depth in Secure AI domains, and act as trusted advisor to client executives.

The role requires building strong relationships and translating AI security concepts into business outcomes for senior stakeholders. You will shape offerings, contribute to pursuit activity and SOW development, and travel as required to deliver client