{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"c36d6d10f93ecaf850d5bd0b","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c36d6d10f93ecaf850d5bd0b","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c36d6d10f93ecaf850d5bd0b","title":"Senior Accessibility Program Manager","description":"About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.\nLocations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States\nOverview:\n\nAt GitHub, our mission is to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration. We believe people with disabilities should benefit from that progress and directly contribute to the creation of it.\n\nWe are seeking a forward-thinking, determined and innovative individual, who is passionate about the intersection of accessibility and technology, to help implement our accessibility strategy, which can be found at accessibility.github.com. This role will report directly to the Head of Accessibility and will be empowered to drive change internally and externally.\n\n The successful candidate will:\n\nHave a deep understanding of accessibility, assistive technologies, and the ways that people with disabilities interact with technology.\nHave technical expertise that is grounded in professional experience as a software developer or designer.\nHave hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale.\nHave professional experience managing accessibility initiatives within a large matrixed organization.\nHave a proven track record of delivering results that empower people with disabilities to use technology.\nResponsibilities:\n\n The goals of the GitHub accessibility program are to:\n\nEmpower GitHub employees to do the best work of their lives by creating an accessible work environment with internal guides and support for procurement processes.\n\nEmpower developers with disabilities to build on GitHub by including their input throughout the development process, cultivating a culture of accessibility within GitHub, and driving accountability at scale.\n\nEmpower our customers to meet their accessibility goals when building on GitHub by aggressively dogfooding the latest GitHub platform and AI features to run our internal accessibility program, Open-sourcing our internal tools when appropriate, and sharing best practices externally.\n\nHelp improve the accessibility of open source by empowering people with disabilities to contribute, improving the availability and adoption of open-source Assistive Technologies, and improving the accessibility of mainstream open-source projects.\n\nThe Senior Accessibility Program Manager may contribute to all of those program goals over time. That said, their initial focus will include, but is not limited to:\n\nManage listening systems including inclusive user research and feedback processes.\nBuild an accessibility community of practice within our Enterprise customer community.\nGrow the capabilities of the open-source GitHub accessibility scanner and accelerate adoption by customers and open-source communities.\nQualifications:\n\nRequired Qualifications :\n\n7+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Master's Degree in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 3+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Doctorate in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR equivalent experience\n\n3+ years of relevant experience driving programs or initiatives across organizational boundaries in a large organization.\n3+ years of experience evaluating the conformance of web content against the Web Content Accessibility guidelines.\n1+ years of hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience developing accessible web-based user interfaces using JavaScript and modern web technologies.\nExperience collecting and interpreting data for performance metrics and compliance.\nUnderstanding of product road mapping and experience working with product and engineering teams to embed new features into roadmap plans.\n\nWe encourage people with lived experience to apply.\n\nCompensation Range: The base salary range for this job is USD $103,200.00 - USD $273,700.00 /Yr.\n\nThese pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.\n\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nGitHub Leadership Principles:\n\nGitHub values\n\nCustomer-obsessed\nShip to learn\nGrowth mindset\nOwn the outcome\nBetter together\nDiverse and inclusive\n\nManager fundamentals\n\nModel\nCoach\nCare\n\nLeadership principles\n\nCreate clarity\nGenerate energy\nDeliver success\nWho We Are: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.\nOur teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.\nJoin us, and let’s change the world, together.\nEEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!","company":"Github","rawCompany":"github","city":"Myrtle Point","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-18T09:05:25.414Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"11-9151.00","title":"Social and Community Service Managers","slug":"social-and-community-service-managers"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Accessibility Program Manager","description":"About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.\nLocations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States\nOverview:\n\nAt GitHub, our mission is to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration. We believe people with disabilities should benefit from that progress and directly contribute to the creation of it.\n\nWe are seeking a forward-thinking, determined and innovative individual, who is passionate about the intersection of accessibility and technology, to help implement our accessibility strategy, which can be found at accessibility.github.com. This role will report directly to the Head of Accessibility and will be empowered to drive change internally and externally.\n\n The successful candidate will:\n\nHave a deep understanding of accessibility, assistive technologies, and the ways that people with disabilities interact with technology.\nHave technical expertise that is grounded in professional experience as a software developer or designer.\nHave hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale.\nHave professional experience managing accessibility initiatives within a large matrixed organization.\nHave a proven track record of delivering results that empower people with disabilities to use technology.\nResponsibilities:\n\n The goals of the GitHub accessibility program are to:\n\nEmpower GitHub employees to do the best work of their lives by creating an accessible work environment with internal guides and support for procurement processes.\n\nEmpower developers with disabilities to build on GitHub by including their input throughout the development process, cultivating a culture of accessibility within GitHub, and driving accountability at scale.\n\nEmpower our customers to meet their accessibility goals when building on GitHub by aggressively dogfooding the latest GitHub platform and AI features to run our internal accessibility program, Open-sourcing our internal tools when appropriate, and sharing best practices externally.\n\nHelp improve the accessibility of open source by empowering people with disabilities to contribute, improving the availability and adoption of open-source Assistive Technologies, and improving the accessibility of mainstream open-source projects.\n\nThe Senior Accessibility Program Manager may contribute to all of those program goals over time. That said, their initial focus will include, but is not limited to:\n\nManage listening systems including inclusive user research and feedback processes.\nBuild an accessibility community of practice within our Enterprise customer community.\nGrow the capabilities of the open-source GitHub accessibility scanner and accelerate adoption by customers and open-source communities.\nQualifications:\n\nRequired Qualifications :\n\n7+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Master's Degree in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 3+ years experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR Doctorate in Business, Sustainability, Computer Science, Communications/Marketing, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, accessibility engineering and design, or related area\n\nOR equivalent experience\n\n3+ years of relevant experience driving programs or initiatives across organizational boundaries in a large organization.\n3+ years of experience evaluating the conformance of web content against the Web Content Accessibility guidelines.\n1+ years of hands-on experience using AI and automation to improve accessibility at scale.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience developing accessible web-based user interfaces using JavaScript and modern web technologies.\nExperience collecting and interpreting data for performance metrics and compliance.\nUnderstanding of product road mapping and experience working with product and engineering teams to embed new features into roadmap plans.\n\nWe encourage people with lived experience to apply.\n\nCompensation Range: The base salary range for this job is USD $103,200.00 - USD $273,700.00 /Yr.\n\nThese pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.\n\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nGitHub Leadership Principles:\n\nGitHub values\n\nCustomer-obsessed\nShip to learn\nGrowth mindset\nOwn the outcome\nBetter together\nDiverse and inclusive\n\nManager fundamentals\n\nModel\nCoach\nCare\n\nLeadership principles\n\nCreate clarity\nGenerate energy\nDeliver success\nWho We Are: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.\nOur teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.\nJoin us, and let’s change the world, together.\nEEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. 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