Accessibility Specialist

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About the Team
Are you passionate about digital accessibility and design? We’re looking for a versatile accessibility specialist / subject matter expert to join our Atlanta accessibility team. You’ll contribute to the growth of the Workday Accessible experiences across our solutions. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives with learning about new technologies and working on fun and complicated projects. It’s a hands-on, technically inclined role, where you’ll be working with an amazing cross-functional team to understand customer needs, gather requirements, and then lead the overall process of taking accessible ux designs through to production.
About the Team
Are you passionate about digital accessibility and design? We’re looking for a versatile accessibility specialist / subject matter expert to join our Atlanta accessibility team. You’ll contribute to the growth of the Workday Accessible experiences across our solutions. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives with learning about new technologies and working on fun and complicated projects. It’s a hands-on, technically inclined role, where you’ll be working with an amazing cross-functional team to understand customer needs, gather requirements, and then lead the overall process of taking accessible ux designs through to production.

About the Role

Workday has a strong commitment to accessibility and we are growing our team to further expand upon accessible experiences across Workday solutions. Whether you want to work for a team that values work life balance and camaraderie, build solid software that will be used by millions, or want to work for a market leader named a top workplace, join us on the Workday Accessibility Product Team.

Responsibilities:

Prioritize feedback from users of assistive technology to feed the strategic backlog in your product area

Evaluate software for conformance to WCAG 2.1 criteria for desktop and native mobile applications

Assist with authoring VPATs for Products

Write detailed and inclusive product specifications, including UX mockups, and detailed user stories

Work with partners in federal and state sales cycles to ensure alignment on Workday’s accessible journey

Lead the release plan and functional backlog for your product area, and align it with all partners and dependencies

Set and track metrics for your product area

About You

You have a user-centric focus on delivering the best products and services. You are passionate about the opportunity to positively change how millions of people who use assistive technology interact with enterprise applications - making them more engaging, personalized, and inclusive. You have experience working with a variety of assistive technologies and experience relating WCAG requirements to broad audiences to win support.


You should be a fast learner, detail oriented, decisive, and enjoy a fast-paced work environment. You are an initiative taker, early adopter, and technology enthusiast, able to translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes. You are able to work closely with engineering teams to deliver features quickly and with optimal resources. You are a collaborative teammate who uses positive leadership to coordinate and deliver results across teams. You are ambitious and get great pleasure from helping others understand, coordinate and address their challenges. You embrace being the 'voice of the customer' during product development.

Basic Requirements:

Minimum 1 + year professional experience in digital accessibility

Solid understanding of Accessible Web and Accessible Mobile technologies with an appetite for learning more

Other Requirements:

You see product development as a team sport, and thrive in a highly collaborative environment

You have strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to get things done

Strong communication skills - written and verbal - with the ability to deliver engaging presentations and demos to customers and partners

Passionate: about user experiences and accessible design and development

Ability to work with engineers to navigate technical issues and solve complex accessibility challenge

Bachelor's Degree

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