Senior Accessibility Specialist

We are seeking a Senior Accessibility Specialist who has experience breaking down walls between design engineering and the business to ensure inclusion for all. Client is amidst a complete transformation in how digital products are brought to market and this professional will play a pivotal role in ensuring accessibility is embedded in every step of customer journey. This role will partner closely with our Principal Accessibility Specialist to elevate the experiences across Client digital products.

Client is seeking an accessibility expert who is familiar with WCAG 2.1 AA standards and their application across various digital products.

This professional must be skilled in bringing the humanity of accessibility to novice team members and capable of training to level up maturity in inclusion. This role will be involved in accessibility testing and training across design QA and engineering.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Drive adoption of WCAG AA standards and any applicable government standards through Client development and design process
Solutioning with Designers and Developers how to minimally adjust their work (visual design / code) to ensure a compliant accessible experience.
Coordinate with 3rd parties to ensure secondary compliance and usability.
Conducts design level code level and screen reader based digital accessibility audits and provides guidance to designers and developers.
Provide tactical guidance to novice teams on remediations and screen reader testing
Create and maintain accessibility health measures.
Manages multiple projects simultaneously and supports the teams design and tech backlog
Demonstrate a commitment to Client core values (included in all job descriptions).
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties responsibilities and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary (included in all job descriptions).

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Strong emotional intelligence and deep empathy
Passionate about disability advocacy
7 years in accessibility and advocacy
Experience with assistive technologies (e.g. NVDA JAWS Voiceover Talkback & Dragon) and testing tools (e.g. axe PAC3 & CCA)
Strong leadership and mentoring skills
3 years in program management project management
Detailoriented with strong communication skills
Comfortable with public speaking and handling conflict and prioritize projects with competing resources

PREFERRED SKILLS:
Design and research tools including Sketch Figma Adobe Creative Cloud Mural Axure User Testing
Ability to analyze code for accessibility issues
Microsoft Office Jira and Confluence
Candidates for this role should enjoy a challenging fastpaced environment with a focus on quality and industry leading innovation. The role demands strategic thinking with an execution and measurement mindset. The successful candidate should have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills be a selfstarter and be effective at managing multiple projects and priorities.
Familiarity with international accessibility laws (e.g. AODA ACA ADA EAA EN 301 549) is highly desired.

EDUCATION:
Bachelors degree required
IAAP certification (CPACC WAS etc)
DHS v5 Trusted Tester certification
PMP certification