Product Manager, Accessibility

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Lead accessibility strategy and execution across the Appspace platform, prioritizing compliance and customer engagement while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

About Appspace:

At Appspace, we’re passionate about creating better work experiences for people everywhere, and we’re looking for people that feel the same way. Our global office locations and flexible work culture help you work wherever and however you’re at your best. Plus, we take the time to help you enjoy your work, build lasting connections, and grow your role. Join the Appspace team and be a part of a culture that’s helping people everywhere love where they work.

Your Role as a Product Manager, Accessibility:

You will develop and lead accessibility strategy and execution across the Appspace platform. This is a hands-on technical role within Product Management that requires both deep accessibility expertise and the ability to work directly with our largest global customers.

You'll define our accessibility roadmap, make prioritization decisions, and work as a trusted advisor to customers for whom accessibility is mission-critical. This means you need to credibly explain WCAG requirements, respond to complex compliance questions, and sometimes push back on unrealistic demands – all while maintaining strong customer relationships.

You'll partner closely with design, engineering, product managers, and QA to integrate accessibility throughout our development process. You'll also work with Sales and Customer Success on customer engagements, RFP responses, and roadmap presentations.

A Day in the Life of a Product Manager, Accessibility:

Customer & Strategy

  • Serve as the primary accessibility contact for our largest customers, handling executive-level conversations about compliance requirements, roadmap plans, and barrier remediation
  • Develop and prioritize the accessibility roadmap in alignment with WCAG 2.1/2.2 Level AA and European Accessibility Act (EAA) requirements
  • Partner with Sales to respond to accessibility requirements in RFPs and customer negotiations

Execution & Delivery

  • Translate compliance requirements and customer needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams
  • Triage accessibility issues reported by users and customers, prioritize remediation, and track progress
  • Manage third-party accessibility audits and maintain accurate VPAT/ACR documentation
  • Define and track metrics on accessibility performance (defect trends, audit findings, escalations)

Cross-functional Leadership

  • Act as the subject matter expert on accessibility for product managers, designers, and engineers
  • Work with design teams early in the process to ensure accessibility is built in from the start
  • Lead workshops and provide training on WCAG guidelines and inclusive design principles
  • Develop resources and workflows that make accessibility easier to integrate across the product lifecycle

What You'll Need:

Required:

  • 5+ years guiding product, design, and engineering teams on implementing WCAG 2.1/2.2 standards
  • Proven experience in customer-facing roles, including executive-level interactions about technical accessibility topics
  • Track record managing accessibility in a SaaS or complex software environment
  • Ability to balance compliance requirements with user experience and business needs
  • Strong communication skills – you can explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Highly Desirable:

  • IAAP certification (CPACC, WAS, or CPWA)
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
  • Familiarity with EN 301 549 and Section 508 standards
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related field

The Perks of Working for Appspace:

For all our team members, we offer a variety of benefits from competitive salaries, employer paid medical, dental and vision coverage and mental health resources.

Additional perks include:

  • Flexible work schedules
  • Remote work opportunities
  • A casual dress work environment 
  • Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled)
  • Training allowance
  • Training days off 

Disclaimer:

Appspace is committed to equitable compensation practices and complies with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations. For jurisdictions that require pay scale disclosure, a general compensation range may be provided during the initial stages of the interview process. Final compensation will be based on multiple factors including experience, skills, certifications, and overall fit for the role.

If you are located in a jurisdiction with specific pay transparency requirements, we will be happy to discuss the relevant range during your application process.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible work schedules
  • Learning Budget: Training allowance
  • Quiet Fridays - No meetings: Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled)
  • Paid Time Off: Training days off
  • Remote-Friendly: Remote work opportunities

Appspace is an all-in-one platform to connect your people, places, and spaces! People should love where they work. That’s why Appspace helps companies create a better working experience for every workplace and every employee. Because when people love where they work, they can accomplish incredible things. Today, work happens everywhere, and Appspace brings together the physical and digital workplaces by improving communication, organization, and productivity. Our platform is easy to set up, works with your existing technology, and flexes to fit your company’s needs. Featuring dozens of app integrations, it works best however you work best and improves how you collaborate with your colleagues—plus, it simplifies work processes so you can get things done faster and easier. With a platform that’s built for how you work, we’re helping businesses like yours replace point products that don’t work well together with an organized, engaging workplace experience platform that’s a joy to use.

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