ACN Portugal CyberSecurity Associate Director

Posted:
7/6/2026, 9:34:26 PM

Location(s):
Lisbon, Portugal

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security

Workplace Type:
On-site

Pay:
$189k–$360k/yr

The Security Lead Portugal (CL5 Director), as part of Accenture's Security practice, will be the senior leader responsible for building and positioning Accenture's cybersecurity capabilities in the Portuguese market. Reporting to both the Security Lead Iberia and the Portugal Lead, this individual will lead a team of 10 security professionals, hold ownership of the Security P&L in Portugal, ato deliver high-impact engagements to Tier 1 clients. Our candidate will be responsible for driving the local cybersecurity strategy while acting as a key connection point with Global Cybersecurity leadership and teams. This role combines strong local ownership with regional and global coordination, leveraging the capabilities of our Centers of Expertise in Porto and Málaga.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in strengthening our cybersecurity presence in Portugal, supporting clients and internal stakeholders, and scaling advanced cyber capabilities across Cyber Defense, Cyber Intelligence, and Identity Security.

  • More than 12 years' experience in a Cybersecurity and/or Strategy & Consulting environment
  • Proven track record in a senior leadership role (Director level or equivalent) within a Big 4 / top-tier consulting firm, a specialist cybersecurity consultancy, or as a vendor-side senior leader with strong commercial experience
  • Deep expertise across one or more of the following domains: Cybersecurity Strategy, Cyber Risk & Compliance, Security Operations (SOC AI), Identity & Access Management, and Cloud Security
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and close business at C-level (CISO, CTO, CEO) with Tier 1 clients in Portugal
  • Strong network in the Portuguese security and technology ecosystem
  • Fluent in Portuguese (native) and English; Spanish considered a plus
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to clearly communicate complex security topics at all organisational levels

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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