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About the RoleAs 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.
You can work from Twitch’s headquarters in San Francisco, CA; or from one of our hub locations in Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Irvine, CA; or New York City, NY - with West Coast (PST) working hours.
You Will:- Strategy & SME: Serve as the subject-matter expert for global digital accessibility across Twitch - advising product and partner teams, and leading process and tooling integration (including AI where appropriate).
- Operations & Backlog: Own intake, backlog, and operational management - partnering with engineering, product, and design leaders to prioritize and drive core accessibility issues, with regular communications and reporting.
- QA & Testing: Lead QA execution and manage QA specialists and third-party vendors; partner with engineers to build automated accessibility testing into CI/CD pipelines, shifting testing earlier in the development lifecycle.
- High-impact programs: Work with engineers, designers, product managers, and researchers to identify and deliver high-impact changes and programs across all products.
- Partnerships: Collaborate with accessibility partners (legal, research, policy, communications) on benchmarking, goal-setting, reporting, and execution.
- Education & Enablement: Develop an educational program and deploy guidelines and resources for key collaborators.
- 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.
- Experience with Figma, Jira and similar relevant product development tools.
- Understanding of and familiarity with AI tooling and test automations for Accessibility
- Familiarity with Twitch as a user, streamer, or both!
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
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Job ID: TW9313
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience building accessibility programs, QA practices, and scalable accessibility processes
- Expertise in accessibility best practices, WCAG 2.2 AA, and the CVAA
- Ability to advise executive teams on accessibility risk assessment
- Experience creating and leading an accessibility program from the ground up
- Experience documenting programs, proactively managing work, and driving deliverables
- Experience consulting with product, design, engineering, and legal teams
- Experience delivering accessibility audits, code reviews, and advisory services
- Experience with consumer product accessibility across video and communications products
- Experience supporting accessibility across desktop, smartphone, gaming console, and OTT services
- Awareness of assistive technologies used by people with disabilities
- Experience with Figma, Jira, and similar product development tools
- Familiarity with AI tooling and accessibility test automation
- Familiarity with Twitch as a user, streamer, or both
Twitch Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Twitch and has not been reviewed or approved by Twitch.
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Healthcare Strength — Employees access Amazon’s comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and mental‑health resources, with Twitch‑specific wellness support layered in. Official materials emphasize a competitive suite of health programs that start on day one for eligible roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Remote‑friendly norms include company holidays and global no‑meeting days, and policies commonly describe flexible or unlimited PTO. Paid parental leave is highlighted alongside other leave programs across the benefits overview.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is a standard part of total rewards for many roles, with Amazon RSUs frequently referenced alongside base pay and bonus. Career materials and postings consistently note equity eligibility as part of the package.
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