Senior Manager Secure AI Architecture & Cyber Defense

Accenture PLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice within Cybersecurity. You will manage delivery and client engagement, drive secure AI solutions, and guide teams across AI security, governance, and architecture.

Travel up to 100% may be required. Responsibilities include shaping offerings, building client relationships, and contributing to pursuit activities, proposals, and staffing plans.

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 work experience (12 years)

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
• 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

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice within Cybersecurity. You will manage delivery and client engagement, drive secure AI solutions, and guide teams across AI security, governance, and architecture.

Travel up to 100% may be required. Responsibilities include shaping offerings, building client relationships, and contributing to pursuit activities, proposals, and staffing plans.