Cyber Security Manager - Resources Industry in Leeds

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• Cyber Security Manager

As a Cyber Security Manager, you will lead cybersecurity consulting engagements for clients across the Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, and Resources sectors.

You will help organisations strengthen their security posture and cyber resilience, with a particular focus on Identity, Vulnerability Management and the secure adoption of AI, and deliver security transformation initiatives that make a measurable difference.

Working with senior client stakeholders, Accenture account teams, and technical specialists, you will oversee project delivery, provide strategic security advice, and support business growth through client relationship management and new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Client & Project Delivery
• Lead cybersecurity projects and programmes from initiation through to delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, including senior leadership.
• Run security assessments, maturity reviews and client workshops across identity, vulnerability management, AI security and resilience.
• Provide practical, prioritised recommendations that reduce exposure and strengthen cyber resilience.
• Security Advisory & Technical Leadership
• Advise clients on Identity & Access Management (IAM), including identity strategy, privileged access management, identity lifecycle and Zero Trust approaches.
• Help clients build and mature vulnerability and exposure management programmes, from asset visibility and risk-based prioritisation through to remediation and measurable reduction in exposure.
• Guide clients on AI security, including the secure adoption of AI, protecting AI and LLM-based solutions, and using AI to strengthen security operations.
• Strengthen cyber resilience through incident readiness, response and recovery planning, and crisis exercising with executive teams.
• Support the design and implementation of security improvements, working alongside technical specialists to turn strategy into delivered outcomes.
• Business Development
• Identify opportunities within existing and new client accounts.
• Support proposals, bids, and sales activities.
• Contribute to the growth of Accenture's Resources Security practice.
• Team Leadership
• Manage, coach, and develop security consultants.
• Share knowledge and support capability development across the team.
• Contribute to thought leadership and industry engagement activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience (7 years +) in cybersecurity, gained in consulting, advisory or programme delivery, or in a senior in-house security role within industry.
• Proven experience managing senior stakeholders and leading complex projects or programmes.
• Demonstrable expertise in one or more of Identity & Access Management, Vulnerability & Exposure Management, Cyber Transformation, Network Security, AI Security or Cyber Resilience, with a working understanding of the others.
• Commercial awareness, with experience contributing to business development and account growth or, for industry candidates, building business cases and securing investment for security initiatives.
• Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical risk clearly and concisely to non-technical and executive audiences.

Desirable

• CISSP, CISM, or relevant certifications in identity (e. g. Microsoft SC-300, Cyber Ark, Okta, Sail Point), cloud security or AI security.
• Experience within Energy (including Oil & Gas), Utilities, Chemicals, Manufacturing or Critical National Infrastructure sectors.
• Practical experience securing AI and LLM-based solutions, or applying AI to improve security operations and vulnerability management.
• Experience leading through a significant cyber incident, or designing and running crisis exercises with senior leadership.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.