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Building Cybersecurity Leadership at Speed

Delivering urgent, high-stakes talent transformation in under 60 days. Acacia combined deep IT & cybersecurity experience with market intelligence and executive-level advisory – placing over 20 cybersecurity hires in under 2 months from kickoff to handoff.

Client Challenge

As one of the market leaders in packaging and manufacturing, Berry Global had much at stake in a rapidly changing market. As a $10B revenue company facing multiple cybersecurity challenges and looking to scale quickly, Berry had a single HR recruiter for the IT team and needed to overhaul the function

Approach

Berry engaged Acacia to own the entire recruitment lifecycle, from role scoping through offer acceptance, without adding load to their lone IT HR team recruiter.

Role definition, Intake, sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviewing, and offer management led by Acacia, with the HR team only managing administrative work.

100% proactive sourcing with filters for location, domain expertise, and soft skill fit.

Insights on local layoffs, salary bands, and candidate availability.

Disclosed merger risk, positioning roles as high reward with long-term upside.

Weekly check-ins with the CISO ensured rapid iteration and decisions.

Each closed role had an average of 2 candidate submissions, reflecting Acacia’s selective targeting and match accuracy.

Aligned to future-state org design

Acacia built out leadership and SME roles across five domains to address their existing strategic challenges and future-proof the team

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Security Operations

Engineering & Architecture

Threat & Vulnerability Management (TVM)

Strategic outcomes

Acacia combined deep IT & cybersecurity fluency with market intelligence and executive-level advisory support—prioritizing quality over volume and delivering under extreme time pressure.

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Security leadership layer established

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Specialized technical
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Improved cybersecurity posture

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