Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility
Join Twitch as a Senior Program Manager, Accessibility, to lead accessibility initiatives and collaborate across teams to enhance user experience.
Posted by employer 4 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Serve as the subject-matter expert for global digital accessibility
- Own intake, backlog, and operational management
- Lead QA execution and manage QA specialists
- Work with engineers, designers, product managers, and researchers
- Develop an educational program and deploy guidelines
Must have
- 6+ years experience building similar Accessibility programs
- Expertise in accessibility best practices, guidelines, and regulations
- Experience creating and leading an accessibility program from ground up
- Experience working with product, design, engineering, and legal teams
- Experience on consumer product accessibility across devices
Nice to have
- Understanding of and familiarity with AI tooling and test automations for Accessibility
- Familiarity with Twitch as a user, streamer, or both
AI in the day-to-day
including AI where appropriate
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Program Manager for Accessibility at Twitch, the individual will lead initiatives to enhance digital accessibility across the platform, collaborating with various teams to implement strategic solutions. Key skills include expertise in accessibility standards like WCAG 2.2+ AA, as well as experience in managing accessibility programs and quality assurance processes. This position is suited for someone with over six years of relevant experience, particularly in consumer product accessibility. The role involves significant cross-functional collaboration, emphasizing Twitch's commitment to inclusivity.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 3 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 28, 2026. Last confirmed on Twitch's careers page October 30, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 3 other locations at Twitch: Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA, New York City.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Management roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 39% of 36 comparable senior management roles in United States that list AI we track (median $160,000 across 27 companies). See AI salary trends
- AI appears in 6.1% of 1023 comparable senior management roles in United States; WCAG appears in 0.3% of 1023 comparable senior management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility role remote?
- It's hybrid — Twitch expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the salary range?
- Twitch lists $142,400–$192,600 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility role.
- Where is the role based?
- Twitch is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, WCAG.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Twitch targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility role at Twitch.
From the original posting
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. 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:
- 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.
Bonus Points
- Understanding of and familiarity with AI tooling and test automations for Accessibility
- Familiarity with Twitch as a user, streamer, or both!
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.
Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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