Senior Accessibility Program Manager

GitHub, Inc.•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

5d•Remote

About The Position

GitHub is seeking a Senior Accessibility Program Manager to help implement its accessibility strategy and drive change internally and externally. The role reports directly to the Head of Accessibility. The successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of accessibility, assistive technologies, and how people with disabilities interact with technology; technical expertise grounded in professional software development or design experience; hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale; experience managing accessibility initiatives within a large matrixed organization; and a track record of delivering results that empower people with disabilities to use technology. GitHub’s accessibility program aims to make the workplace accessible for employees, help developers with disabilities build on GitHub, help customers meet accessibility goals, and improve accessibility across open source. The role may contribute to all these goals. Initial priorities include managing inclusive user research and feedback systems, building an accessibility community of practice among Enterprise customers, and growing the capabilities and adoption of GitHub’s open-source accessibility scanner.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or a related area; or a qualifying degree and corresponding experience, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of relevant experience driving programs or initiatives across organizational boundaries in a large organization.
At least 3 years of experience evaluating web content conformance against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
At least 1 year of hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing accessible web-based user interfaces using JavaScript and modern web technologies.
Experience collecting and interpreting data for performance metrics and compliance.
Understanding of product road mapping and experience working with product and engineering teams to embed new features into roadmap plans.
Lived experience.

Responsibilities

Manage listening systems, including inclusive user research and feedback processes.
Build an accessibility community of practice within the Enterprise customer community.
Grow the capabilities of the open-source GitHub accessibility scanner and accelerate adoption by customers and open-source communities.
Contribute to program efforts to create an accessible work environment, including internal guides and support for procurement processes.
Help include input from developers with disabilities throughout the development process, cultivate a culture of accessibility within GitHub, and drive accountability at scale.
Help customers meet accessibility goals by dogfooding GitHub platform and AI features, open-sourcing internal tools when appropriate, and sharing best practices externally.
Help improve open-source accessibility by empowering people with disabilities to contribute, improving the availability and adoption of open-source assistive technologies, and improving mainstream open-source projects.