Cybersecurity Manager - Utilities Industry

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

3d•$80,400 - $293,800

About The Position

Accenture is hiring a Cybersecurity Manager for its Utilities industry team. The role focuses on helping electric, gas, and water utility clients protect critical infrastructure, modernize grids and operations, manage enterprise and operational risk, and meet regulatory requirements. The manager applies expertise across IT and OT environments to assess cybersecurity capabilities, advise on leading practices, and shape strategies aligned with clients’ business priorities, regulatory obligations, and operational realities. The position manages complex information security engagements and workstreams, including project plans, risks, budgets, and deliverables. It coordinates project delivery and serves as a key contact for client security, business, and IT stakeholders, Accenture experts, and third parties. The manager leads teams delivering cybersecurity assessments, strategies, and implementations across utility operations and infrastructure, while supporting safe, reliable, and resilient modernization initiatives. The role also contributes utility-sector expertise to client engagements, proposals, internal forums, differentiated offerings, reusable assets, and go-to-market materials. Travel may be required, varying from 0% to 100% based on business needs and client requirements.

Requirements

At least 6 years of work experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing solutions across cybersecurity domains such as industry strategy, security operations, risk management, digital identity, network security, vulnerability management, data protection, cloud security, or OT security.
At least 3 years of experience leading a team and performing leadership activities such as planning, management, and delivery in a Security Account lead role managing an account.
At least 3 years of experience delivering cybersecurity solutions for electric, gas, or water utilities across enterprise IT and operational technology environments, such as operational grids, substations, or plants.
Experience with utility-industry cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks, such as NERC CIP, NRC Cybersecurity, TSA Security Directives, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, or DOE C2M2.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (12 years) of work experience; alternatively, an associate’s degree with 6 years of work experience.

Nice To Haves

Certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, TOGAF, or SABSA.

Responsibilities

Build trusted working relationships with electric, gas, and water utility stakeholders, translating cybersecurity, reliability, regulatory, and operational resilience priorities into actionable workplans and deliverables.
Manage cybersecurity workstreams and project teams delivering cyber defense, AI-enabled security, risk management, and compliance solutions within agreed objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
Apply knowledge of utility operations, regulatory obligations, threat trends, and technology modernization to develop practical client strategies.
Collaborate with utility clients to develop and implement strategies for grid modernization, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed energy resources, cloud adoption, field operations, and IT/OT convergence while protecting safety, reliability, and affordability.
Supervise and coach team members, assign work, review deliverables, and foster a collaborative, accountable, high-performing delivery environment.
Prepare recommendations, status reports, and executive-ready materials, and present findings and delivery progress to client and Accenture stakeholders.
Align security initiatives with client business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Manage cybersecurity assessments, strategy workstreams, and implementation activities across utility IT, OT/ICS, cloud, substations, control centers, field systems, advanced metering infrastructure, and customer platforms, supporting applicable regulatory requirements.
Advise utility stakeholders on integrating cybersecurity risk management into operational resilience, capital programs, grid modernization, emergency preparedness, and energy transition initiatives.
Manage transformation workstreams focused on IT/OT convergence, network segmentation, internal network security monitoring, threat detection modernization, cyber resilience, and identity and access management for critical infrastructure.
Facilitate utility-specific threat modeling, incident response, and recovery-readiness activities addressing ransomware, nation-state activity, supply chain compromise, insecure remote access, and attacks affecting grid, pipeline, water, or customer operations.
Work with architects, ecosystem partners, and technology vendors to develop scalable cybersecurity solutions for grid modernization, automation, cloud adoption, distributed energy resources, and customer digital services.
Contribute Utilities cybersecurity expertise to client engagements, proposals, and internal forums.
Support Accenture Security and Utilities teams in developing differentiated offerings, reusable assets, and go-to-market materials for utility clients.
Establish trusted relationships with clients.
Travel as required by business needs and client requirements; travel may range from 0% to 100%.