Senior Manager, Secure AI Architecture & Strategy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice delivery and act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders in the United States. You will own workstreams, develop Secure AI offerings, and drive alignment between technology and business outcomes for enterprise AI initiatives.

You will mentor managers, contribute to sales pursuits, and help shape AI security frameworks while collaborating across teams to deliver high‑impact client engagements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Cybersecurity experience with domain expertise in at least one discipline (AppSec, SecOps, IAM, cloud, GRC, or offensive security)
• At least 1 year of experience in at least one Secure AI domain: AI security architecture, adversarial AI, or cloud/infrastructure security for AI
• At least 1 year of experience in Agentic coding fluency: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex — used in daily delivery practice
• At least 1 year of experience in AI architecture: LLM deployment patterns, agentic/multi‑agent systems, RAG pipelines, MLOps, A2A, AI Gateways, MCP Gateways
• At least 1 year of experience in AI‑specific security: OWASP LLM Top 10, prompt injection, model extraction, supply chain attacks
• At least 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 secure AI solution recommended to the client
• Pitch in on Accenture sales efforts when needed
• Continue to learn and develop your technical AI security 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 domain expertise

Secure AI domain

Agentic coding fluency

AI architecture

AI governance frameworks

Client relationships

Proposal and SOW development

Executive communication

Team leadership

Delivery leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Secure AI practice delivery and act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders in the United States. You will own workstreams, develop Secure AI offerings, and drive alignment between technology and business outcomes for enterprise AI initiatives.

You will mentor managers, contribute to sales pursuits, and help shape AI security frameworks while collaborating across teams to deliver high‑impact client engagements.