Accessibility Specialist Software Design and Development

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Job Description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you`ll do:

SAP’s central Software Accessibility and Design Team is looking for a new talent to start their accessibility career in accessible software design and development. Together with a diverse, international team you shape and run SAP’s software accessibility guidance.

The Role:

You will work in SAP’s central accessibility team to support SAP’s global product design and development teams with guidance, consultation and enablement assets to delivering accessible applications. You have a strong focus on our users’ and customers’ needs from both a product and business perspective. You observe global accessibility legislation, industry best practices, technological innovation and bring that into scalable central guidance. You will be a reliable partner for our product experts and practitioners and help them in coming up with the best solutions.

At SAP, accessibility is powered by team-spirit, collaboration, a global expert community, a central test team, and a strong corporate commitment. This position opens the opportunity to grow into the next generation of Accessibility Leadership at SAP.

What you bring:

As we build the next generation of SAP’s User Experience, we are looking for a passionate team-player with skills in mobile accessibility and strong user focus. This role is an entry point to grow into an exciting matter.
The following topics should be of your interest and basic skillset:

external accessibility standards like W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, ARIA, etc.
screenreader JAWS and NVDA and platform accessibility features
accessibility testing guidance
accessibility support of SAP’s UI technologies
consultation and learning offerings for designers
excellent communication and presentation abilities, complemented by a high proficiency in the English language

Meet your team:

SAP’s Software Accessibility and Inclusive Design Team works from Germany, Bulgaria and the US. We are passionate to make SAP software accessible and easy to use. Team-Play is our North Star and we are holding ourselves accountable to Integrity, Respect, Partnership, Curiosity and Execution.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.