S&CGN - Tech Strategy & Advisory - Data Privacy and Protection - Consultant

Data Protection Advisor

Join our team of Data Protection professionals to design strategies, strengthen enterprise data security, and help clients safeguard sensitive information across their digital ecosystems.

Practice: Technology Strategy & Advisory, Capability Network I Areas of Work: Data Protection | Level: Consultant | Location: Bangalore/Mumbai/Gurgaon/ Pune/Hyderabad | Years of Exp: 6 to 9 years

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture

Are you passionate about helping organizations protect their most critical data assets? Do you want to define strategies that secure sensitive data across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments? Do you aspire to advise C-suite executives on embedding data protection into digital transformation journeys?

If yes, then, this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture Technology Strategy & Advisory.

The Practice- A Brief Sketch:

The Technology Strategy & Advisory team helps clients achieve growth and efficiency through innovative R&D transformation, aimed at redefining business models using agile methodologies.

As part of this high performing Technology Strategy and Advisory team, you will work closely with an ecosystem of partners to help accelerate enterprise resilience through robust, scalable, proactive, and cost-effective enterprise security architecture strategies. You will work on the following key areas:

• Business Problem Analysis: Identify and assess current state security capabilities and risk mitigation posture for our clients
• Technology-driven journey intersection: Define target state security capabilities and design security roadmap that includes cutting edge trends within Applications, APIs, and data
• Security Transformation: Apply best in class solutions to mitigate known risks and pre-empt unknown threats to safeguard data, networks, people and assets.
• High Performance Growth and Innovation: Assisting our clients to build the required capabilities for growth and innovation to sustain high performance.

Bring your best skills forward to excel at the role:

• Shape data protection strategies and value propositions to drive impactful discussions with CISOs, CDOs, DPOs, and senior leadership.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and consulting skills to assess gaps in data protection practices across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Lead data protection assessments, workshops, and strategy engagements, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Lead proof of concept and/or pilot implementations and define the plan to scale implementations across multiple technology domains
• Maximize subject matter expertise on security-led projects and play a key role in pitches where data-based RFP responses are discussed
• Contribute in presenting security strategy to clients, develop client’s maturity in the use of data within various domains
• Demonstrate ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Use knowledge of key value drivers of a business, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement.

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What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Capability Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Capability Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/capability-network

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At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity and a passion for making a difference, come and be a part of our team.

Your experience counts!

• An MBA from a Tier-1 institute is preferred
• Your prior experience across some of the following is important –
  • Experience in designing and advising on data protection programs, including sensitive data discovery, classification, and monitoring.
  • Experience in implementing data security solutions, such as encryption, DLP, CASB, tokenization, and key management systems.
  • Experience in developing data protection policies, governance models, and operating procedures across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Ability to review existing data protection controls and recommend improvements across discovery, classification, and DLP processes.
  • Experience in developing and operationalizing data protection policies, governance models, and procedures across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Working knowledge of frameworks and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, PDPL, NDMO, ISO 27701, and NIST Privacy Framework.
  • Industry expertise across Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Telecom, and other data-intensive industries.
• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIPT, CDPSE, or vendor certifications in data protection solutions (Symantec DLP, Microsoft Purview, McAfee, Thales, etc.) are preferred