Senior Accessibility Programs Lead

Twitch; New Rochelle (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Job summary

Twitch is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Accessibility to lead global accessibility strategy and enablement across our design, product, engineering, and legal teams. You will design the program, educate stakeholders, and drive auditing and testing outcomes at scale.

You will partner with product and engineering leaders to codify accessibility into development lifecycles, with a focus on WCAG compliance and risk assessment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building accessibility programs and scalable practices.
• Expertise in WCAG 2.2+ AA and CVAA with risk assessment guidance.
• Experience creating and leading accessibility programs from ground up.
• Experience auditing, code reviews and advisory services with product teams.
• Experience across devices (desktop, mobile, gaming, OTT) for accessibility.
• Familiarity with assistive technologies and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & SME: advise product teams and lead process/tooling integration.
• Operations & Backlog: manage intake, backlog, and reporting with leadership.
• QA & Testing: lead QA, manage vendors, and automate accessibility testing in CI/CD.
• High-impact programs: identify and deliver changes across all products.
• Partnerships: collaborate with legal, policy, research, and communications.
• Education & Enablement: develop guidelines and training for collaborators.

Skills

Accessibility program leadership

QA & testing

Cross-functional collaboration

WCAG 2.2+ AA & CVAA

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

Figma

Jira

Job description

Twitch is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Accessibility to lead global accessibility strategy and enablement across our design, product, engineering, and legal teams. You will design the program, educate stakeholders, and drive auditing and testing outcomes at scale.

You will partner with product and engineering leaders to codify accessibility into development lifecycles, with a focus on WCAG compliance and risk assessment.