Manager, Accessibility

Are you a curious, smart, self-driven leader who has a passion for accessibility and loves working in collaboration to deliver moments of delight for customers? Are you driven to create inclusive product experiences for customers and users where everyone can be at their best and thrive?  Are you excited by the challenge of turning complex problems and constraints into simple elegant solutions that exceed customer’s needs and expectations?

Come and join the Thomson Reuters Accessibility team as we grow and transform Thomson Reuters into a user focused, customer-obsessed organization.   We aren’t just changing the way customers engage with us, we are transforming and re-imagining our business. As a Manager of Accessibility, you will be a trusted, respected, partner that works closely with Design leaders, Product Management and Engineering to evolve and influence a proactive state of accessibility across our product strategies. Your team will contribute to a large, global portfolio of productivity applications for Legal, Tax and Corporate professionals. We promote an agile, collaborative, supportive environment where diverse thinking, innovative design and experimentation is welcomed and encouraged.

Role Summary:

As a Manager of Accessibility, you are tasked with leading a team of Accessibility Specialists at a variety of levels to help them meet the demands of products and projects they support.  In order to be effective in this role, you must have an understanding of accessibility and need a unique skillset of problem solving, strong communication and a passion for helping people deliver results. Your guidance will help your team balance complex requirements and priorities, remove roadblocks that prevent them from doing their best work, and demonstrate the values and behaviors that are important to our customers and our organization.  Additionally, you will influence our processes and the scaling of the broader accessibility program.

About the Role:

As a Manager of Accessibility, you will:

Collaborate and communicate closely with key stakeholders and leaders in design, product management, and engineering to manage accessibility activities throughout our process, justify decisions, provide escalation management and drive our team OKRs (Objects/Key Results).Be responsible for working with stakeholders and project teams to ensure digital accessibility is built into project roadmaps and processes, removing obstacles for your team along the way.Manage, mentor, recruit and hire – creating a world-class accessibility team that fosters high performance and innovation.Provide oversight and guidance for your team throughout our product development lifecycle.Remove roadblocks that prevent the team from making data-informed decisions and delivering the highest quality experiences for our customers.Manage project prioritization ensuring team members are on projects and initiatives that complement and stretch their skills, career ambitions and provide growth opportunities.  You will also manage their allocation and capacity.Proactively identify areas of opportunity in process and culture, influence and lead decisions on solutions.Lead by example in creating a positive, supportive team environment that encourages collaboration, innovation and respectful discussion.

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Manager of Accessibility if you have:

BA/BS in information science, computer science, human computer interaction (HCI), instructional design, learning technology, related field or equivalent industry training / experience.8+ years experience relevant industry experience in software development, web development or related field.5+ years supporting or working with Accessibility teams &/or accessibility related projects.3+ years people management experience.Expert level understanding of WCAG, Assistive Technology, VPATs and Document Accessibility.Awareness to and understand accessibility laws and regulations including but not limited to Section 508, AODA, and European Accessibility Act.Demonstrated understanding of agile methodology including the use of associated tools like Azure DevOps or like system.Demonstrated success navigating complex organizations and ability to be persuasive/influential with a wide range of diverse audiences. A growth mindset, continuously looking for opportunities to improve process and ways of working.Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience interfacing with high level stakeholders.Strong influence skills and be able to effectively deal with ambiguous situations and make decisions.

Assistive Technology users strongly encouraged to apply.

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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected

Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $116,900 - $217,100. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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