Cybersecurity Consulting & Pre-Sales Senior Director |

The Security Lead for Health & Public Service (H&PS) is a senior leadership position with direct ownership of the growth,profitabilityand market positioning of the Cybersecurity practice across the Healthcare and Public Sector industries in Spain and Portugal.

Reporting directly to the H&PS division leadership, this role combines commercial acumen, delivery excellence and people leadership in a high-complexity, high-impact environment.

• Full ownership of the H&PS Cybersecurity practice: strategy, pipeline, backlog and financial performance.

• Direct leadership of a team of 10 professionals, fostering talent development, a culture of excellence and retention.

• Definition and execution of the annual business plan: growth targets, new capabilities and service expansion.

• Building and nurturing strategic relationships with CISOs, CIOs and Senior Directors at major healthcare organisations and public administrations.

• End-to-end ownership of the commercial process: opportunity identification, proposal development, negotiation and deal closure.

• Positioning Accenture as the go-to Cybersecurity provider for the H&PS sector in Iberia.

• Overseeing project delivery to ensure quality, timelines and client satisfaction are consistently met.

• Integrating Accenture's global capabilities - threat intelligence, security operations centres, AI-powered cybersecurity - into locally tailored solutions.

• Risk management and proactive senior stakeholder communication during crises or critical security incidents.

• Representing Accenture at industry forums, sector events and before regulatory bodies (ENS, NIS2, GDPR applied to health).

• Actively contributing to proprietary points of view, publications and market positioning initiatives.

• Strong command of core cybersecurity domains: GRC, security architecture, identity management (IAM/PAM), detection and response (SOC/MDR), cloud security and OT/IoT.

• Knowledge of the regulatory framework applicable to the health and public sectors: National Security Framework (ENS), NIS2, GDPR, HIPAA (a plus).

• Familiarity with the specific cybersecurity challenges of hospital environments, critical infrastructures and e-government.

• Exceptional commercial and networking skills: ability to open doors, build trust and close complex deals.

• Executive-level communication: ability to translate technical risk into business language for boards of directors and senior management committees.

• Inspiring leadership: capacity to attract, develop and retain talent in a competitive environment.

• Results-driven, entrepreneurial mindset and ability to operate with autonomy in high-ambiguity environments.

The Security Lead for Health & Public Service (H&PS) is a senior leadership position with direct ownership of the growth,profitabilityand market positioning of the Cybersecurity practice across the Healthcare and Public Sector industries in Spain and Portugal.

Reporting directly to the H&PS division leadership, this role combines commercial acumen, delivery excellence and people leadership in a high-complexity, high-impact environment.

• Full ownership of the H&PS Cybersecurity practice: strategy, pipeline,backlogand financial performance.

• Direct leadership of a team of 10 professionals, fostering talent development, a culture of excellence and retention.

• Definition and execution of the annual business plan: growth targets, newcapabilitiesand service expansion.

• Building and nurturing strategic relationships with CISOs, CIOs and Senior Directors at major healthcareorganisationsand public administrations.

• End-to-end ownership of the commercial process: opportunity identification, proposal development,negotiationand deal closure.

• Positioning Accenture as the go-to Cybersecurity provider for the H&PS sector in Iberia.

• Overseeing project delivery to ensure quality,timelinesand client satisfaction are consistently met.

• Integrating Accenture's global capabilities - threat intelligence, security operationscentres, AI-powered cybersecurity - into locally tailored solutions.

• Risk management and proactive senior stakeholder communication during crises or critical security incidents.

• RepresentingAccenture at industry forums, sector events and before regulatory bodies (ENS, NIS2, GDPR applied to health).

• Actively contributing to proprietary points of view,publicationsand market positioning initiatives.

• Strong command of core cybersecurity domains: GRC, security architecture, identity management (IAM/PAM), detection and response (SOC/MDR), cloudsecurityand OT/IoT.

• Knowledge of the regulatory framework applicable to the health and public sectors: National Security Framework (ENS), NIS2, GDPR, HIPAA (a plus).

• Familiarity with the specific cybersecurity challenges of hospital environments, criticalinfrastructuresand e-government.

• Exceptional commercial and networking skills: ability to open doors, build trust and close complex deals.

• Executive-level communication: ability to translate technical risk into business language for boards of directors and senior management committees.

• Inspiring leadership: capacity to attract,developandretaintalent in a competitive environment.

• Results-driven, entrepreneurial mindset and ability tooperatewith autonomy in high-ambiguity environments.