CyberCX - Manager - Secure AI

About the Position

CyberCX - Manager - Secure AI

Security Managed Services Associate Manager

The work we do matters

CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

About the Role

The Manager is responsible for leading our Secure AI advisory capability across strategy, governance, risk and control. The Manager will partner with clients to define how AI should be adopted safely and securely, aligning business ambition with security, regulatory, and risk management expectations.

As a key leader in the practice, work closely with executive, risk, legal, and technology leaders to shape AI strategies, operating models, and control frameworks, while guiding complex AI risk and assurance engagements across enterprise and government environments. You will also lead and grow a multidisciplinary team spanning strategy, risk, and governance advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Lead Secure AI strategy, risk, and governance advisory services
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives on AI risk, control, and regulatory exposure
• Define AI governance models, control frameworks, and operating models
• Lead AI and model risk assessments across GenAI and traditional ML use cases
• Translate security and regulatory requirements into practical AI control models
• Oversee complex AI assurance, compliance, and risk uplift engagements
• Partner with delivery and engineering leaders to align strategy with execution
• Support Secure AI presales, proposals, and executive-level client engagements
• Price, commercially plan and execute delivery quality review processes
• Contribute to thought leadership, IP, and Secure AI service development
• Mentor and grow junior talent
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value
• Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers

Requirements

• 6-8+ years in risk, security, technology strategy, or consulting leadership
• Strong background in technology risk, cyber security, or enterprise architecture
• Deep understanding of AI, model risk, and emerging GenAI risk domains
• Proven experience advising executives and boards on risk and governance
• Experience designing and operating risk and control frameworks
• Strong stakeholder engagement across risk, legal, compliance, and technology
• Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments
• Commercial and pricing experience, especially in a consultancy or services-based enterprise
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency required

Nice to Have

• AI and model risk management (MRM) frameworks
• Well established security and risk frameworks relevant to AI (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO27001/42001, CSA AICM)
• AI-specific governance or control frameworks (e.g. NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10)
• Regulated or high assurance environments (e.g. financial services, government, critical infrastructure)
• Experience bridging risk, security, and engineering teams in projects, stakeholder management or presales roles
• Governance or security architecture certificates (e.g. ISO Auditor, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF)
• Building and experimenting with new security consulting processes including AI tools, workbench or coding agents and have a library or portfolio of code.

We Offer

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

About the Company

We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.

We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.

At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.

Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com.