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_The application window is expected to close on January 26th, 2025._

_Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received._

_Location: US Remote_

The Lead Accessibility Specialist will help shape the direction of Cisco’s accessibility shift-left program. You will serve as an authority in digital accessibility, providing guidance and expertise across Cisco’s collaboration suite of products. Partnering with project teams, designers, engineers, and quality assurance analysts, you will ensure accessibility is embedded throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

+ Support the Office of Accessibility leadership in defining and prioritizing requirements to mature the accessibility program at both product and enterprise levels.

+ Develop project strategy and quarterly roadmap for shifting accessibility left across Cisco’s collaboration suite of products.

+ Partner with key leaders to identify accessible solutions while communicating tradeoffs effectively.

+ Proactively identify risks and collaborate with teams and leadership to mitigate them.

+ Review products using manual and automated techniques to ensure accessible product design.

+ Assist with research and coordination of responses to customer accessibility inquiries and feedback.

+ Integrate accessibility AI automation into the product development life cycle including design systems and component libraries.

+ Partner with product teams to ensure accessibility requirements are integrated into user stories and harmonized with functional requirements

+ Identify and support implementation of AI-focused accessibility solutions.

+ Support integration of user research and testing with people with disabilities, ensuring their voices inform the products we build.

+ Consult, educate and train on accessibility principles, accessible user interaction patterns, design methodologies, ARIA, assistive technology, etc.

+ Follow current trends and developments in web, mobile, software and hardware accessibility and inclusion.

+ Conduct Accessibility AI tool evaluation, selection, and implementation, as well as educate teams on AI’s role in accessibility.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ 12 + years of experience in digital accessibility.

+ 10 + years of accessibility work experience across UX design and development.

+ Solid understanding of WCAG 2.x for Mobile Apps, Web, and web-based applications.

+ Deep understanding of Section 508, EAA, ADA, and other accessibility standards and laws.

+ Proven ability to navigate unstructured challenges, and influence accessible product delivery in a large global matrixed organization.

+ Ability to identify current accessibility landscape, needs, and priorities and translate these into actionable plans (roadmaps, resource plans, delivery plans).

+ Advanced experience with at least two screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and/or Android Talkback.)

+ Proven experience with using AI/ML accessibility tools to scale and augment accessibility practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Knowledge of user experience design methodologies, interactive design principles, guidelines, and relevant policies, including current web accessibility standards from concept to delivery.

+ Advanced tactical knowledge of WAI-ARIA and W3C standards-compliant HTML, CSS, React, JavaScript, and accessible native mobile development techniques.

+ Experience maintaining reusable component libraries and design systems.

+ Experience onboarding and managing external accessibility vendors.

+ Experience with Agile methodologies (JIRA and Confluence a plus).

+ Experience conducting accessibility audits tailored to audience level technical knowledge and provide technical solutions and remediation to product owners, UI designers, user experience designers, development engineers, quality testing engineers, and designers.

+ Ability to develop and execute accessibility training strategy.

+ Hands on experience with tools such as Axe Developer Tools, Axe Monitor, Evinced, Color Contrast Analyzer, WAVE, etc.

+ Customer-centric decision-making with a deep understanding of technical and business requirements and delivery roadmap commitments.

+ Precision while managing multiple priorities in a large global matrixed organization.

+ Exceptional communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

+ Self-starter with initiative, drive, and dependability.

+ Ability to build positive relationships, and earn trust as a reliable teammate.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $148,800.00 to $212,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

+ 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

+ Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

+ Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

+ .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

+ 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

+ 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

+ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$168,800.00 - $277,400.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$148,800.00 - $248,200.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.