Insider Threat Program Manager

Insider Threat Program Manager at Accenture

Under the supervision of the Global Protection and Security (GP&S) Associate Director of Intelligence, the Insider Threat Program Manager will lead efforts to identify, investigate, and mitigate potential insider risks to protect Accenture’s assets, data, and reputation.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft analytic assessments addressing key developments with regard to insider threat. Brief these concepts to senior leaders.
• Conduct deep open-source research in support of investigations, leveraging a wide variety of datasets. Prepare detailed investigative summaries as appropriate and maintain rigorous case management details.
• Develop and refine detection use cases to improve the company’s ability to detect insider risk scenarios. Serve as a subject matter expert on insider threat methodologies and contribute to cross-functional security initiatives and incident response.
• Engage stakeholders across Accenture’s security organization as well as in information security, HR, legal, and recruiting to ensure a comprehensive and collaborative insider risk program.
• Leverage a network of private and public sector contacts to maintain situational awareness of insider risk trends.
• Participate in the development and delivery of insider threat awareness training.
• Help identify, evaluate, and implement insider risk-related technology solutions.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to legal and privacy requirements.

Job Requirements

• Must be able to work outside of business hours as needed due to critical events.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in counterintelligence and/or insider risk investigations and programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in cybersecurity, computer science, criminal justice, international relations, intelligence studies, or a related field.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, insider threat analysis, law enforcement investigations, and intelligence analysis.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify patterns, anomalies, and trends across large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present technical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of insider threat frameworks such as the NITTF Insider Threat Maturity Framework or CISA guidelines preferred.
• Experience conducting investigations involving sensitive/confidential material preferred.
• Insider threat-related certifications preferred, potentially including Certified Insider Threat Program Manager (CITPM) or Certified Insider Threat Analyst (CITA).

Key skills/competency

• Insider Threat Management
• Counterintelligence
• Risk Mitigation
• Cybersecurity Investigations
• Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Incident Response
• Compliance and Privacy
• Threat Intelligence