We Are

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond, and recover along with all points of the security lifecycle. Cybersecurity challenges are different for every business in every industry. Leveraging our global resources and advanced technologies, we create integrated, turnkey solutions tailored to our client's needs across their entire value chain. Whether we’re defending against known cyberattacks, detecting and responding to the unknown, or running an entire security operations center, we will help companies build cyber resilience to grow with confidence. Our team of the security sector’s brightest people uses the coolest tech to out-hack the hackers and help clients build resilience from within. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security, and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle. 

Do you have the deep functional and technical experience to help implement security solutions that align with our clients’ business objectives? Do you have the expertise to design and deliver solutions for establishing system user's credentials, and processes for applying those credentials to access enterprise systems and applications?

You Are

An accomplished Workforce Access Management leader with deep expertise in enterprise access strategy, architecture, and delivery, ready to lead large-scale transformation programs for enterprise clients. You have a proven track record of shaping and delivering complex access management implementations—spanning single sign-on, federation, MFA and passwordless, adaptive access, and application onboarding—while managing executive client relationships, leading onshore and offshore teams, and growing the business. You translate technical identity concepts into clear business outcomes for senior stakeholders and are passionate about developing talent.

The Work:

• Lead the design and delivery of Workforce Access Management solutions that transform how clients secure and simplify access for employees, contractors, and partners

• Shape access management strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures aligned to Zero Trust principles, and oversee the design, build, testing, and production cutover of access solutions to ensure the identity platform, enterprise applications, directories, and security tools work together seamlessly

• Work with project teams, delivery leads, alliance partners, and client stakeholders to create stand-out workforce identity offerings powered by leading access management platforms (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, Ping Identity, ForgeRock)

• Lead legacy access platform migrations and large-scale application onboarding programs, driving consolidation and modernization of authentication and SSO

• Lead and develop multi-disciplinary onshore and offshore teams, managing program scope, budget, risk, and quality

• Develop strong relationships with client executives and serve as a trusted advisor on workforce identity, access security, and Zero Trust

• Make the business case for recommended access management investments, articulating value in terms of risk reduction, user productivity, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency

• Lead Accenture sales efforts, including opportunity shaping, solution development, proposals, SOWs, and client orals

• Continue to grow your access management technical and business expertise while contributing to practice growth through offering development, alliance partnerships, and thought leadership

• Be ready to rack up those air miles with weekly travel to client sites Monday through Thursday

Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what we need

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Identity & Access Management, including at least 6 years of Workforce Access Management functional and technical experience

• Minimum of 6 years of experience end-to-end Workforce Access Management implementations, including leadership of solution design, configuration, and delivery

• Minimum of 6 years of experience leading access management programs or teams and configuration expertise in leading access management platforms, including but not limited to:

-Single sign-on and federation using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and WS-Federation

-MFA, passwordless, and passkey (FIDO2/WebAuthn) authentication, including certificate-based and phishing-resistant methods

-Adaptive and conditional access policies, device trust, and Zero Trust access controls

-Directory services and integration (Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP), including user provisioning via SCIM

-Application onboarding and integration for SaaS, cloud, and on-premises applications, including web access management and legacy platform migration

- API security, authorization policies, and access gateway solutions

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Professional Skills requirements

• Build strong client relationships and partner with organizations to reimagine their business through innovation

• Collaborate across diverse communities—including domain experts, engineers, and designers

• Communicate complex identity and security concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences

Bonus Points If:

• You have experience leading large, multi-disciplinary delivery teams, including onshore and offshore resources

• You have external client-facing consulting experience, including executive-level advisory work

• You have experience integrating access management with Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) solutions

• You have experience with large-scale identity platform migrations or consolidations following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures

• You hold relevant certifications (e.g., Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, or CISSP)

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/10/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $338,300
Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
Connecticut $132,500 to $292,200
District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
Maine $112,900 to $249,000
Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
New York $122,700 to $338,300
New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300
Ohio $122,700 to $270,600
Virginia $122,700 to $311,200
Washington $141,100 to $311,200

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