Job Description
Senior Accessibility Program Manager
Location: Remote – United States
At GitHub, our mission is to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration. We believe people with disabilities should benefit from and be able to contribute to the creation of that progress. We have developed a vision for turning that belief into reality and published it at accessibility.github.com.
We are seeking a forward-thinking, determined and innovative individual, who is passionate about the intersection of accessibility and technology, to help us realize our vision. This role will report directly to the Head of Accessibility and will be empowered to drive change internally and externally.
The successful candidate will
- Be results-driven
- Value progress over perfection
- Value the contribution of every individual
- Have a deep understanding of accessibility, assistive technologies, and the ways that people with disabilities interact with technology
- Have a proven track record of successful initiative development
- Have a proven track record of productive collaboration with leaders across disciplines and organizational boundaries
Responsibilities
- Help implement GitHub’s accessibility vision by driving accountability at scale through building the operations, compliance processes and reporting to track and communicate progress.
- Build collaborative relationships with internal and external GitHub stakeholders and with the accessibility team at Microsoft, to identify additional opportunities to make GitHub the home for all developers and to maximize GitHub’s contribution to bridging the disability divide
- Internally, partner with product teams, designers, engineers, HR, IT, events staff, and other organizations to set and measure progress against commitments.
- Champion an accessible and inclusive employee experience in all GitHub locations across the globe.
- Leverage our employee groups and developer communities to drive innovation in accessibility and create listening systems for these communities.
- Externally, partner across open source communities, disability communities, and other stakeholders to identify and maximize opportunities for impact.
- Evolve and grow accessibility.github.com to share our progress and satisfy the information needs of external stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience driving programs or initiatives across organizational boundaries in a large organization.
- 3+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record of driving accessibility improvements on a cross-functional software development or technology team.
- Experience evaluating the conformance of web content against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines using axe DevTools, WAVE, Accessibility Insights, or similar tools as well as manual testing using JAWS, NVDA, or VoiceOver.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience coding in Java Script or Python is preferred
- Experience leveraging AI in driving accessibility innovations is preferred
- Experience collecting and interpreting data for performance metrics and compliance is preferred
- Ability to flourish, be proactive, and handle uncertainty and ambiguity. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills is preferred
- Understanding of product road mapping and experience working with product and engineering teams to embed new features into roadmap plans is preferred