CyberCX - Manager - Secure AI

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.

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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.

• →Deliver Secure AI strategy and risk consulting projects 

• →Lead complex projects where scope may be unclear, educate clients on AI use cases and ensure well defined business case ROI is documented 

• →Conduct high level business analysis workshops and deep dives to identify security risks and concerns 

• →Conduct AI and model risk assessments across GenAI and ML workloads 

• →Map technical controls across AI models, platforms, and deployment pipelines 

• →Assess and define controls covering data ingestion, training, inference, and outputs 

• →Evaluate security and risk across AI infrastructure, MLOps, and GenAIOps pipelines 

• →Translate AI architectures into actionable risk, control, and assurance artefacts 

• →Align technical controls to security, risk, and regulatory frameworks 

• →Support clients in operationalising AI governance and control models 

• →Contribute to repeatable Secure AI risk frameworks, templates, and documentation 

• →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 

• 8+ years in technology risk, cyber security, or technical consulting delivering client-facing consulting or assurance engagements 

• Strong understanding of AI/ML and Generative AI architectures 

• Experience mapping technical security controls, not just process controls 

• Ability to assess and clearly communicate complex risk across models, data, and infrastructure to customers 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including visualising consulting outputs in written, graphical and diagram (e.g. Visio, PowerPoint, Word) 

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture. ​

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