Security Senior Manager

We Are Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond to, and recover across the cybersecurity lifecycle. We work with leading technology companies to accelerate security innovation, strengthen product capabilities, and deliver AI-enabled cybersecurity solutions  Microsoft Security portfolio brings together deep cybersecurity expertise, engineering capabilities, industry experience, and strategic partnerships to help Microsoft advance its security products, platforms, and services.

You Are As a Security Senior Manager, you will play a key leadership role in growing and delivering Accenture's security business with Microsoft.

You will work closely with Accenture leadership and Microsoft Security product and engineering teams to identify opportunities, shape innovative solutions, and lead complex security engagements.

The Work This role requires a combination of cybersecurity expertise, strong consulting and delivery leadership, business development capabilities, and an understanding of emerging AI-driven security technologies.

The ideal candidate is comfortable engaging senior Microsoft stakeholders, translating product priorities into actionable consulting and engineering opportunities, and leading globally distributed teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

What You'll Do Microsoft Security Portfolio Leadership:
Support the growth and execution of Accenture's Microsoft Security portfolio, working across multiple security product groups, engineering organizations, and business stakeholders.

Strategic Client Relationships:
Build trusted relationships with Microsoft Directors, General Managers, Partner-level leaders, and senior engineering and product executives. Understand their priorities, challenges, and product roadmaps.

Business Development:
Identify, qualify, shape, and pursue new opportunities across Microsoft's security organization, including product engineering support, security research, testing, operations, and transformation initiatives.

AI and Agentic Security:
Drive opportunities involving agentic SOC, AI security, agent governance, securing agentic software development, and AI-enabled security operations.

Security Product Engineering and Assurance:
Support Microsoft product teams with security validation, adversarial testing, red teaming, product assurance, engineering process improvements, and accelerated product delivery.

Exposure Management and Security Operations:
Shape engagements involving vulnerability management, exposure management, threat detection, incident response, XDR, SIEM, and automated remediation.

Microsoft Security Ecosystem:
Develop a working understanding of Microsoft's security portfolio, including Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview, Security Copilot, and emerging security platforms.

Program and Delivery Leadership:
Lead complex, multi-workstream engagements, ensuring delivery excellence, stakeholder satisfaction, financial performance, and effective risk management.

Global Team Leadership:
Manage and mentor geographically distributed consulting, engineering, and cybersecurity teams, fostering accountability, technical excellence, and professional development.

Innovation and Thought Leadership:
Collaborate with Accenture's security practices, AI teams, research organizations, and technology partners to bring innovative solutions and reusable accelerators to Microsoft.

Commercial Management:
Own engagement economics, staffing plans, forecasting, profitability, and account-level operational performance.

Executive Communications:
Develop compelling proposals, executive presentations, business cases, and strategic recommendations for Microsoft and Accenture leadership.

Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's What You Need Minimum 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, technology consulting, security engineering, or related fields.

Minimum 7 years of consulting or technology services experience, preferably supporting large enterprise technology clients.

Minimum 5 years of experience leading complex cybersecurity or technology programs involving multiple work streams and geographically distributed teams.

Minimum 5 years of experience managing client relationships and engaging senior technology, engineering, or security stakeholders.

Minimum 8 years of demonstrated experience in one or more cybersecurity domains, including security operations, threat detection,…