Digital Accessibility Lead

NYPL is hiring a four-year, grant-funded Digital Accessibility Lead to champion accessibility across its digital products and platforms. The role reports to the Digital Department's Chief of Staff and builds strategy, training, review processes, remediation practices, and cross-functional accountability for accessible patron experiences.

• Translate WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA requirements into guidance for design, engineering, and product teams.
• Review designs, prototypes, and implemented experiences for accessibility.
• Lead training, documentation, design-system guidance, user testing, and remediation.
• Build an accessibility knowledge base and report accessibility needs across Library departments.

A bachelor's degree and at least five years of digital-accessibility experience are required. Candidates need experience leading accessibility across the product lifecycle, applying WCAG 2.2 AA, testing with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack, using manual and automated tools, and remediating documents and web forms.