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Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility

Twitch · New York City · On-site

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About Twitch

Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more. Backed by Bessemer.

About the role

As the Senior Program Manager, Accessibility at Twitch, you will have a broad impact across all of Twitch and our Community. Reporting into the VP of UX, you will join our Design team where you will own the program design, education and enablement, and the auditing and testing output. We will look to you to execute the vision of how Twitch will be a welcome home for all regardless of abilities. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • You have 6+ years experience building similar Accessibility programs, QA and other scalable Accessibility Practices
  • Expertise in accessibility best practices, guidelines, and regulations—specifically WCAG 2.2+ AA and the CVAA, ability to advise the executive team on risk assessment
  • You have experience creating and leading an accessibility program from ground up including creating, documenting, proactive management and driving deliverables
  • Experience working with and consulting product, design, engineering, and legal teams to deliver accessibility audits, code reviews and other advisory services
  • Experience working on consumer product accessibility both on video and communications products and across a variety of devices, such as desktop, smartphone, gaming console, and OTT services
  • Awareness of assistive technologies available to people with disabilities
More about this role

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X , and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog . Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

As the Senior Program Manager, Accessibility at Twitch, you will have a broad impact across all of Twitch and our Community. Reporting into the VP of UX, you will join our Design team where you will own the program design, education and enablement, and the auditing and testing output. We will look to you to execute the vision of how Twitch will be a welcome home for all regardless of abilities. You will partner with product, design, engineering, and legal to solve accessibility problems at scale and provide strategic solutions.

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