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About the Role

Accenture Saudi Arabia is seeking a Security Delivery Lead to join our team in Jeddah. This full-time role is central to leading the implementation and delivery of Security Services engagements, leveraging global delivery capabilities, standardized methods, and tools. The Lead provides technical and delivery leadership across security programs, ensuring high-quality outcomes, strong governance, and alignment with both organizational and client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Security Services projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, quality standards, and delivery objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and govern comprehensive delivery and project plans for predictable and timely outcomes.
• Make delivery-level decisions for assigned teams and engagements, contributing to key program and account decisions.
• Coordinate and engage with multiple delivery and support teams to ensure seamless execution across the security landscape.
• Proactively identify delivery, technical, and operational risks, implementing mitigation strategies to protect delivery outcomes.
• Ensure issues and escalations are managed effectively through appropriate governance and leadership channels.
• Continuously assess security service delivery effectiveness and drive improvements aligned with industry best practices and organizational standards.
• Ensure security delivery processes, controls, and documentation meet internal governance, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to the evolution of delivery methods, tools, and assets by identifying improvement opportunities and lessons learned.
• Support leadership reporting and governance forums with clear insights on delivery health, risks, and performance trends.

Technical and Domain Expertise

• Act as a subject matter expert in Security Operations Center (SOC) planning, providing guidance on design, implementation, and operational readiness.
• Apply expert-level knowledge of SIEM platforms, with a strong preference for Splunk SIEM, to support effective security monitoring and response capabilities.
• Apply advanced security delivery governance principles to ensure consistency, control, and compliance across engagements.

Team Leadership and Development

• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment through regular engagement, clear communication, and structured delivery cadence.
• Mentor and coach team members to enhance technical capability, delivery maturity, and professional development.
• Support workload management and team effectiveness to ensure sustainable delivery models.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience leading security delivery engagements in complex, multi-team environments.
• Expert proficiency in SOC planning and security operations delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, preferably Splunk SIEM.
• Advanced understanding of security delivery governance, risk management, and quality controls.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Candidate Attributes

• Accountable and decisive delivery leader with a strong ownership mindset.
• Ability to balance technical depth with governance and delivery oversight.
• Collaborative leader who builds trust across teams and stakeholders.
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset with a focus on quality, resilience, and sustainability.