Senior Accessibilty Lead

Enterprise Engineering Inc. (EEI); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Engineering Inc. (EEI) seeks a Senior Accessibility Lead to drive accessible digital product delivery across the organization.

You will partner with Product Managers, Designers, Testers, and Engineers to embed accessibility throughout the lifecycle, strengthen audit readiness, guide remediation, and improve accessibility at scale. The role requires deep WCAG knowledge, experience with assistive technologies, and testing across web, iOS, and Android.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to evaluate digital experiences from an end-user perspective and advocate for accessible outcomes.
• Experience testing with assistive technologies (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack) and keyboard-only navigation.
• Solid understanding of WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2 (A/AA) and WAI-ARIA.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to drive accessibility alignment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead point of contact for accessibility across cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams.
• Coordinate accessibility reviews across digital solutions and route work effectively.
• Ensure front-end features are reviewed for accessibility and aligned to requirements.
• Translate findings into actionable feedback for remediation.
• Facilitate review sessions to align on findings, risks, and priorities.
• Monitor defect trends and identify recurring issues and training needs.
• Revalidate remediated defects across web, iOS, and Android.
• Coach teams on accessibility acceptance criteria during development and testing.

Skills

Accessibility leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

WCAG knowledge

Assistive technologies testing

Communication

Tools

JIRA

Rally

Teams

Confluence

Job description

Senior Accessibility Lead

Long Term Consulting

3 days on site or Remote

NYC, NY

The Senior Accessibility Lead plays a key role in advancing accessible digital product delivery across the organization. This role partners with Product Managers, Product Owners, Designers, Testers, and Engineering teams to embed accessibility throughout the product lifecycle, strengthen audit readiness, guide remediation efforts, and improve how teams build accessible web and mobile experiences at scale.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead point of contact for accessibility across cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams
• Drive coordination of accessibility reviews across digital solutions, ensuring work is identified, prioritized, and routed effectively
• Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure front-end features are submitted for accessibility review and aligned to accessibility requirements
• Evaluate digital experiences for accessibility conformance against standards including WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2, and related accessibility guidance
• Translate accessibility findings into clear, actionable feedback for product and engineering teams to support effective remediation
• Facilitate review sessions with stakeholders to align on findings, risks, remediation priorities, and next steps
• Monitor accessibility defect trends and identify recurring issues, training needs, and opportunities to improve engineering quality
• Revalidate remediated defects and confirm accessibility issues are fully resolved across relevant features
• Partner with design teams to integrate accessibility into product design decisions and clarify how design intent informs accessibility acceptance criteria
• Work with engineering teams during development and testing to ensure accessibility acceptance criteria are met across web, iOS, and Android platforms
• Help teams understand how users interact with digital products through assistive technologies and how that should shape product decisions
• Prepare and communicate monthly reporting on review status, conformance trends, validation results, open concerns, and delivery risks
• Support third-party accessibility audit planning and execution, including readiness activities, audit scope alignment, test data coordination, and issue follow-up
• Attend relevant delivery forums, stand-ups, and status meetings to surface accessibility risks and maintain alignment across teams
• Influence stronger, more consistent accessibility practices by coaching teams on standards, quality expectations, and remediation approaches

Qualifications

• Strong ability to evaluate digital experiences from an end-user perspective and advocate for accessible outcomes for Web ans Native Experiences.
• Solid experience testing with assistive technologies including JAWS, NVDA, macOS/iOS Voice-over, Talkback, keyboard-only navigation, and related tools
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards, principles, and implementation techniques, including WCAG 2.0,2.1 and 2.2 ( A/AA), and WAI-ARIA
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to drive alignment and consistency in accessibility practices
• Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Ability to influence decisions and provide leadership in cross-functional environments
• Familiarity with responsive web design, mobile applications, and modern digital product delivery practices
• Fluency in the software development lifecycle and accessibility integration points across planning, design, development, testing, and release
• Strong understanding of working in a fast-paced environment, including how work progresses through planning, design, engineering, and third-party validation
• Experience with JIRA, Rally, Teams, Confluence, and similar collaboration tools