Senior Manager, Secure AI Architecture & Cyber Defense

Accenture PLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 123,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a Senior Manager in Secure AI to lead delivery and client leadership within the Secure AI practice. You will own workstreams, drive sales opportunities, and coach teams while translating complex AI security concepts for executive audiences.

Travel may be required up to 100% depending on client needs. The role requires deep cybersecurity expertise, Secure AI domain knowledge, and strong collaboration across engineers, consultants, and clients.

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
• 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 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

AI security

Agentic coding

LLM deployment

AI governance

Cloud security for AI

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking a Senior Manager in Secure AI to lead delivery and client leadership within the Secure AI practice. You will own workstreams, drive sales opportunities, and coach teams while translating complex AI security concepts for executive audiences.

Travel may be required up to 100% depending on client needs. The role requires deep cybersecurity expertise, Secure AI domain knowledge, and strong collaboration across engineers, consultants, and clients.