.Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.**Background**Digital products and services are becoming increasingly important for AstraZeneca, whether these are aimed at patients (e.G. an asthma inhaler connected to a mobile app to remind patients to take their medicines), doctors or colleagues (e.G. a web tool for scientists to visualize real-time data coming from a clinical trial).We are in the early stages of an accessibility journey aspiring to understand and uplift capabilities to meet all our users' needs. You will be working as part of a global UX team where the focus is on finding the best experiences to make a real difference in people's lives.**Role Description**We are looking for an energetic self-starter who is passionate about creating a digital world that all can participate in and who can work with the challenges that may arise during the early stages of accessibility maturity within a large organization.This role will be a healthy mix of independent and collaborative work covering end-to-end accessibility needs, working with various organizational roles, such as the business, technical and creative sides. This role will have to focus on providing guidance in plain language and training existing functions on the relevant accessibility skills.This role requires a mix of remote and in-person collaboration with at least three days in the office.**Requirements (Technical)**- Extensive knowledge and experience in digital accessibility WCAG 2.1 and an understanding of usability principles that impact users with disabilities.- Strong knowledge of national and international disability laws and regulations (US, Canada, UK, EU, China, Japan, etc.).- The ability to focus on the needs and experiences of users while meeting the requirement of accessible user experience.- Experience conducting wireframes/ designs audits and remediation before they are sent for development. Design formats may include Figma/ Adobe XD/ PDF/ JPG/ PPT/ etc.- Experience conducting accessibility audits and remediation of websites for desktop/ mobile formats.- Experience with accessible app development.- Experience conducting accessibility audits and remediation for documents such as PPT and PDF.- Experience running training to share knowledge, trends, and standard methodologies