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With security professionals in 70 countries and specialized facilities like Cyber Fusion Centers and Cyber Labs, we focus on embedding security into digital transformation programs, and delivering targeted cybersecurity solutions to protect digital assets, manage cybersecurity risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in today's digital landscape. Our cybersecurity practice is supported by a global network of cybersecurity professionals, advanced tools, and partnerships with leading technology providers. We help organizations build resilience, protect their operations, and enable growth in a secure digital environment.\nYou Are:\nPassionate about leveraging cybersecurity innovation to drive strategic transformation across the Utilities industry, including electric, gas, and water utilities. You develop and deliver cybersecurity services that protect critical infrastructure, enable grid and operational modernization, manage enterprise and operational risk, and support compliance with utility-specific regulatory requirements. This role demands deep expertise across IT and OT environments and the ability to guide utility clients through complex business, technology, reliability, and resilience challenges. You assess current and future cybersecurity capabilities, advise on leading practices, and shape cybersecurity strategies aligned with each utility’s business priorities, regulatory obligations, and operational realities.\nThe Work:\nAs a Cybersecurity Manager, you will manage complex information security engagements and workstreams. You will provide cybersecurity subject matter expertise, coordinate project delivery, and serve as a key point of contact for client security, business, and IT stakeholders, Accenture domain experts, and third-party teams. You will lead; manage plans, risks, budgets, and deliverables; and help shape practical solutions that achieve committed client outcomes.\nAs a team member, you’ll be part of a Utilities industry team focused on applying cybersecurity expertise across the utility value chain-from generation, transmission, and distribution to field operations, customer services, gas delivery, and water operations. You’ll work closely with our Utilities industry leaders to innovate and shape secure, resilient solutions for grid modernization and energy transition.\nClient Engagement: Build trusted working relationships with electric, gas, and water utility stakeholders, translating their cybersecurity, reliability, regulatory, and operational resilience priorities into actionable workplans and deliverables.\n\nInitiative Delivery: Manage cybersecurity workstreams and project teams delivering solutions across cyber defense, AI-enabled security, risk management, and compliance, aligned with client objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.\n\nUtilities Insight & Strategy Development: Apply deep knowledge of utility operations, regulatory obligations, threat trends, and technology modernization to shape practical client strategies.\n\nInnovative Strategy Formulation: Collaborate with utility clients to create and implement forward-looking strategies that secure grid modernization, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed energy resources, cloud adoption, field operations, and IT/OT convergence while protecting safety, reliability, and affordability.\n\nTeam Leadership & Development: Supervise and coach project team members, assign work, review deliverables, and foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing delivery environment.\n\nCommunication & Reporting: Develop clear recommendations, status reports, and executive-ready materials; present findings and delivery progress to client and Accenture stakeholders.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nCollaborate with client stakeholders to align security initiatives with business objectives and regulatory requirements.\n\nManage cybersecurity assessments, strategy workstreams, and implementation activities across utility enterprise and operational environments, including IT, OT/ICS, cloud, substations, control centers, field systems, advanced metering infrastructure, and customer platforms, while supporting applicable requirements such as NERC CIP, TSA Security Directives, CIRCIA, NIST, and state utility regulations.\n\nSupport senior leaders in advising utility stakeholders on integrating cybersecurity risk management into operational resilience, capital programs, grid modernization, emergency preparedness, and energy transition initiatives.\n\nManage utility cybersecurity transformation workstreams focused on secure IT/OT convergence, network segmentation, internal network security monitoring, threat detection modernization, cyber resilience, and identity and access management for critical infrastructure.\n\nFacilitate utility-specific threat modeling, incident response, and recovery-readiness activities for risks such as ransomware, nation-state activity, supply chain compromise, insecure remote access, and attacks affecting grid, pipeline, water, or customer operations.\n\nWork with architects, ecosystem partners, and technology vendors to develop scalable cybersecurity solutions that enable secure grid modernization, automation, cloud adoption, distributed energy resources, and customer digital services without compromising utility reliability or safety.\n\nContribute Utilities cybersecurity expertise to client engagements, proposals, and internal forums.\n\nSupport Accenture Security and Utilities teams in developing differentiated offerings, reusable assets, and go-to-market materials for utility clients.\n\nEstablishing trusted relationships with our clients\n\nTravel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements\nHere's what you need:\nMinimum 6 years of work experience working on designing, developing, implementing, and managing solutions across various cybersecurity domains (e.g. industry strategy, security operations, risk management, digital identity, network security, vulnerability management, data protection, cloud security, OT security)\nMinimum of 3 years of experience leading a team and performing leadership activities like planning, managing and delivery in a Security Account lead role (managing an account)\nMinimum of 3 years of experience delivering cybersecurity solutions for electric, gas, or water utilities across enterprise IT and operational technology environments (Operational Grids, Substations, and/or Plants, etc.)\nExperience with Utility Industry cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks, for example: NERC CIP, NRC Cybersecurity, TSA Security Directives, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, and/or DOE C2M2\nBachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an, Associate’s Degree with 6 years of work experience)\nBonus Points If:\nYou have a certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, TOGAF, SABSA\nCompensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.\nWe anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/10/202 6.\nAccenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.\nSee more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture\nRole Location Annual Salary Range\nCalifornia $94,400 to $293,800\nColorado $94,400 to $253,800\nConnecticut $94,400 to $253,800\nDistrict of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300\nIllinois $87,400 to $253,800\nMaine $80,400 to $216,200\nMaryland $94,400 to $253,800\nMassachusetts $94,400 to $270,300\nMinnesota $94,400 to $253,800\nNew York $87,400 to $293,800\nNew Jersey $100,500 to $293,800\nOhio $87,400 to $235,000\nVirginia $87,400 to $270,300\nWashington $100,500 to $270,300\nAbout Accenture\nAccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us atwww.accenture.com\nWhat We Believe\nWe have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.\nInclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here\nRequesting An Accommodation\nAccenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.\nIf you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement\nWe believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. 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