Security Strategy Associate Director

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Why Join Accenture's Security Practice?

Serving as a trusted security partner for more than 20 years to more than 330 clients across 70 countries, Accenture's security practice helps organizations build resilience from the inside out so they can operate and grow confidently in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Our 7000 security professionals bring exceptional industry expertise to tailor intelligent security services to our clients' unique businesses and industries.

We provide a full spectrum of services - from security strategy development, to business transformation to managed security services - on demand and at a global scale.

Leveraging our global resources and next-generation technologies, we create an integrated, comprehensive program tailored to each organization's specific business goals and industry.

Recognizing that there is no finish line in securing enterprises, we are constantly collaborating at our global cyber labs and centers with our broad, interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem of the best minds in security.

Our focus on continuous innovation gives us a front lines perspective that ensures we are adapting to match the pace of security challenges.

Accenture's unique ability to combine deep Security expertise across Strategy, Technology and Operations means that it can offer clients an enterprise-wide security program to predict, protect, detect, and respond to threats in an industry specific context.

Job Description

Our security practice is currently looking for a Strategy Principle Director to focus on helping our clients mitigate cyber security risks using our range of end-to-end security services.

This National Lead role will work across all of Accenture's industry teams, interlock with the strategy & consulting practice, build offerings that drive business growth in Canada and guide a team of security strategy professionals and practitioners.

• As the trusted security advisory for industry security and technology leaders, support their security mandates to protect their businesses through end-to-end security solutions and innovations.
• Help drive business development activities including origination, qualification, capture and relationship development
• Develop, plan and lead large-scale solution delivery efforts for clients across a broad range of Security and privacy capabilities and requirements
• Play a lead role in developing written and oral client proposals
• Maintain relationships with key client stakeholders at VP and C-suite level
• Assist in driving overall Products industry Security practice growth

Basic Skills :

• Experience leading interactions and developing relationships with senior security and technology executives and senior management
• Experience and subject matter expertise in business-aligned cyber strategy development and executing security governance and technology risk services (such as, but not limited to : risk management, supplier cyber risk management, security operating models, transformation programs)
• Good understanding of security domains and ability to solve complex cyber security problems
• Minimum of 15 years of experience designing and delivering a broad range of security services for clients
• Experience leading the business development and sales capture process with extensive leadership contacts
• Thorough understanding of end-to-end cyber security programs and assisting organizations tackle the multi-dimensional aspects of cyber risk
• Strong people management skills and passion to attract, grow and retain talent
• Industry recognized Professional Security certification (CISSP / CISM)

Preferred Skills :

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• Experience working for the Big 5 consulting firms is highly desired
• Knowledge of Security vendors and Security product capabilities
• Ability to lead a team and counsel others is a must
• In possession of, or able to qualify for, Canadian security clearance

Professional Skill Requirements

• Ability to lead and manage dynamic multi-region teams
• Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in professional setting; either military or civilian
• Good collaboration skills and ability to work with multi-discipline teams in order to co-create and innovate services to solve client problems

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