Workforce Access Management Senior Manager

Accenture•Albany, NY

About The Position

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare for, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity challenges. The Workforce Access Management Senior Manager leads enterprise access management strategy, architecture, and delivery for client transformation programs. The role designs and delivers solutions that secure and simplify access for employees, contractors, and partners, including single sign-on, federation, multifactor and passwordless authentication, adaptive access, and application onboarding. The Senior Manager shapes access management roadmaps and target-state architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles, and oversees solution design, implementation, testing, and production cutover. The role leads legacy platform migrations and large application onboarding programs; manages program scope, budget, risk, quality, and multidisciplinary onshore and offshore teams; and serves as a trusted advisor to client executives. It also supports Accenture’s sales and practice growth through opportunity shaping, solution development, proposals, offering development, alliance partnerships, and thought leadership. The position requires weekly travel to client sites Monday through Thursday; travel may range from 0% to 100%, depending on business needs and client requirements. Accenture lists annual salary ranges by location, from $112,900 to $338,300. The posting states that compensation varies based on factors including office location, role, skills, and experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in Identity & Access Management, including at least 6 years of Workforce Access Management functional and technical experience.
At least 6 years of experience with end-to-end Workforce Access Management implementations, including leadership of solution design, configuration, and delivery.
At least 6 years of experience leading access management programs or teams, with configuration expertise in leading access management platforms.
Experience with single sign-on and federation using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and WS-Federation.
Experience with MFA, passwordless, and passkey authentication (FIDO2/WebAuthn), including certificate-based and phishing-resistant methods.
Experience with adaptive and conditional access policies, device trust, and Zero Trust access controls.
Experience with directory services and integration (Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP), including user provisioning via SCIM.
Experience onboarding and integrating SaaS, cloud, and on-premises applications, including web access management and legacy platform migration.
Experience with API security, authorization policies, and access gateway solutions.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years of work experience); applicants with an associate’s degree must have at least 6 years of work experience.
Ability to build strong client relationships and partner with organizations to reimagine their business through innovation.
Ability to collaborate across diverse communities, including domain experts, engineers, and designers.
Ability to communicate complex identity and security concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
For US employment, work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading large, multidisciplinary delivery teams, including onshore and offshore resources.
External client-facing consulting experience, including executive-level advisory work.
Experience integrating access management with Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) solutions.
Experience with large-scale identity platform migrations or consolidations following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.
Relevant certifications, such as Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, or CISSP.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of Workforce Access Management solutions that secure and simplify access for employees, contractors, and partners.
Shape access management strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles.
Oversee the design, build, testing, and production cutover of access solutions, ensuring identity platforms, enterprise applications, directories, and security tools work together.
Collaborate with project teams, delivery leads, alliance partners, and client stakeholders to develop workforce identity offerings using leading access management platforms.
Lead legacy access platform migrations and large-scale application onboarding programs, driving authentication and single sign-on consolidation and modernization.
Lead and develop multidisciplinary onshore and offshore teams, managing program scope, budget, risk, and quality.
Build relationships with client executives and advise them on workforce identity, access security, and Zero Trust.
Develop business cases for access management investments, explaining their value in risk reduction, user productivity, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
Lead Accenture sales efforts, including opportunity shaping, solution development, proposals, statements of work, and client presentations.
Contribute to practice growth through continued expertise development, offering development, alliance partnerships, and thought leadership.