[NFBCS] Remote: GitHub hiring Product Manager - Accessibility

[David Andrews]

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>"At GitHub, our mission is to be the home for 
>all developers. I'm currently building an 
>accessibility program at GitHub to help make our 
>products more inclusive to the estimated 15% of 
>the world's population with a disability. Are 
>you a Product Manager with accessibility experience? Come join my team!"
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><https://boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/2981368>Apply here
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>Product Manager - Accessibility
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>at GitHub <https://boards.greenhouse.io/github>(View all jobs)
>Remote - US
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>At GitHub, our mission is to be the home for all 
>developers. More than a billion people in the 
>world live with disabilities and we are 
>determined to build a GitHub that is inclusive for everyone.Â
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>We’re looking for a Product Manager to lead 
>GitHub’s new Accessibility program. In this 
>role, you will define the product strategy and 
>vision for how we’ll not only make all GitHub 
>products accessible by design, but also how 
>we’ll take advantage of our tremendous 
>opportunity to leverage our platform to help all 
>developers build more accessible code. You’ll 
>collaborate with a diverse team of globally 
>distributed engineers, product managers and 
>designers to research, create, and maintain 
>experiences impacting millions of developers worldwide.Â
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>What you will be doing:
>    * Own the vision for your area. You will be 
> responsible for defining a product vision for 
> the future of GitHub’s accessibility program 
> and will need to work across the entire company 
> to build the vision for how we build products 
> at GitHub and ensure it aligns with our business goals.
>    * Manage the roadmap. Make tough tactical 
> prioritization decisions while helping the team 
> think long-term. Build trust with stakeholders 
> by maintaining an understandable, accurate roadmap.
>    * Collaborate across teams. Your success 
> will require coordination across multiple teams 
> and domains at GitHub to build scalable 
> accessibility processes, tooling and features.Â
>    * Be customer obsessed:Â We are hyperfocused 
> on building a GitHub driven by the needs of our 
> customers. Collaborate with people with 
> disabilities to learn how we can remove 
> barriers within our products to empower all 
> developers to do their best work on GitHub. Â
>    * Measure success. Own the measures used to 
> define success for accessibility across GitHub. 
> Success measures must be defined at the 
> inception of a product and tracked throughout 
> its lifecycle. Make measures visible to all 
> stakeholders and interpret them into actionable 
> conclusions and new hypotheses.
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>You might be a fit if:
>    * You have 3-5+ years of engineering, 
> product management, program management, or 
> equivalent experience with demonstrated ability 
> to bring people together to build large systems.
>    * You have 2 years or more experience in 
> accessibility and inclusive design.
>    * You are familiar with modern software 
> development practices used to build and deploy web and mobile applications.
>    * You have strong technical abilities and a 
> track record of working through complex technical problems.
>    * You possess strong communication skills, 
> with clear verbal communication as well as 
> explicit and mindful written communication skills.
>    * You strive to empower others and build an inclusive team.
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>Bonus points if:
>    * You have first hand experience with assistive technologies.
>    * You have experience building UI frameworks or design systems.
>    * You have deep experience with complex enterprise software applications.
>    * You have experience designing 
> cross-platform experiences, from web to native mobile.
>    * You are passionate about GitHub and the 
> opportunities that lie ahead of us.
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>Who We Are:
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>GitHub is the developer company. We make it 
>easier for developers to be developers: to work 
>together, to solve challenging problems, and to 
>create the world’s most important 
>technologies. We foster a collaborative 
>community that can come together—as individuals 
>and inn teams—to create the future of software 
>and make a difference in thhe world.
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>Leadership Principles:
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>Customer Obsessed - Trust by Default - Ship to 
>Learn - Own the Outcome - Growth Mindset - 
>Global Product, Global Team - Anything is Possible - Practice Kindness
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>Why You Should Join:
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>At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an 
>environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) 
>to do the best work of their lives. We've 
>designed one of the coolest workspaces in San 
>Francisco (HQ), where many Hubbers work, snack, 
>and create daily. The rest of our Hubbers work 
>remotely around the globe. Check out an updated 
>list of where we can hire here: 
><https://github.com/about/careers/remote>https://github.com/about/careers/remote
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>We are also committed to keeping Hubbers 
>healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We've 
>designed our top-notch benefits program with 
>these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we've built 
>a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.
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>GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety 
>of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace 
>diversity and invite applications from people of 
>all walks of life. We don't discriminate against 
>employees or applicants based on gender identity 
>or expression, sexual orientation, race, 
>religion, age, national origin, citizenship, 
>disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or 
>any other differences. Also, if you have a 
>disability, please let us know if there's any 
>way we can make the interview process better for 
>you; we're happy to accommodate!
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>Please note that benefits vary by country. If 
>you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.
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