Senior Pre-Sales Director, AI-Powered Cyber Defense

Accenture; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Minnesota seeks an experienced cybersecurity pre-sales professional to partner with clients and transform security needs into Falcon platform solutions. You will lead discovery with client teams, craft compelling demonstrations, and develop BVAs tied to business value.

In this role, you will support pre-sales engagements, work on enterprise CrowdStrike implementations, and articulate security outcomes to executive audiences while collaborating with a global team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a pre-sales or technical delivery role within the cybersecurity industry.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform (endpoint protection, EDR, or adjacent modules).
• Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience leading technical client conversations at the CISO, security architect, or SOC lead level.
• Minimum 5 years experience with at least two of the following: SIEM platforms, endpoint security, identity threat detection, cloud security posture management, or vulnerability/exposure management.
• Minimum 7 years experience with enterprise security architectures, including identity infrastructure, cloud environments, OT/ICS environments, or hybrid data center.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-sales engagements with deep platform knowledge.
• Deliver CrowdStrike Falcon platform implementations for enterprise clients.
• Translate complex security concepts into business outcomes for executive audiences.
• Collaborate with global teams to accelerate opportunity pipeline.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Executive-level client communication

Security architecture knowledge

Cross-team collaboration

Strong presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon platform

SIEM platforms (Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Sentinel, Chronicle)

Cloud security tooling (CTEM, vulnerability mgmt)

Governance & compliance tools

Job description

Accenture in Minnesota seeks an experienced cybersecurity pre-sales professional to partner with clients and transform security needs into Falcon platform solutions. You will lead discovery with client teams, craft compelling demonstrations, and develop BVAs tied to business value.

In this role, you will support pre-sales engagements, work on enterprise CrowdStrike implementations, and articulate security outcomes to executive audiences while collaborating with a global team.