Rahul Das
Havertown,PA
Summary
Summary:
Experienced Senior Digital Product Manager specializing in accessibility, ready to drive inclusive design initiatives at Wells Fargo. With expertise in guiding cross-functional teams and aligning products with accessibility standards, I'm dedicated to ensuring equitable access to digital services for all customers. Passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion, I'm poised to lead Wells Fargo towards digital innovation that prioritizes accessibility and enhances the user experience.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Digital Product Manager (Accessibility)
Wells Fargo
Philadelphia, PA
08.2022 - Current
- Lead a team of accessibility specialists in developing and implementing accessibility strategies and initiatives across digital platforms and physical locations.
- Collaborate with product development teams to integrate accessibility requirements into the design and development process, ensuring that products and services are usable by individuals with disabilities.
- Conduct accessibility assessments and audits to identify barriers and recommend solutions for remediation, ensuring compliance with WCAG, Section 508, ADA, and other relevant regulations.
- Provide guidance and training to internal teams on accessibility best practices, including inclusive design principles, assistive technology usage, and accessibility testing methodologies.
- Reviewed requirements documents produced by engineering team members to identify potential issues or discrepancies.
- Actively monitored industry trends related to digital products and evaluated competitive offerings in order to stay ahead of the curve.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on accessibility standards and regulations, keeping abreast of emerging trends and legislative changes to inform program strategies.
- Foster partnerships with external organizations and advocacy groups to enhance accessibility awareness and promote industry-wide collaboration.
- Track and report on accessibility metrics and progress towards goals, communicating findings to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Senior Information Technology Business Analyst
Alight
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Lead A11y feature reviews and initiatives across Alighy Digital's products and platforms as a member of the A11y Engineering Team
- Help lead the team to success by working across groups to drive discussion & engagement and create & track user stories in an agile software development life cycle
- Act as a liaison between the Product and A11y Engineering team
- Assist Product teams in conceptualizing, planning, and embedding A11y into features
- Collect and interpret data on progress toward accessibility milestones and metrics
- Ensure internal product stakeholders A11y needs expectations are met and promote transparency by helping communicate through SAFe/SCRUM practice and Assist with test plan iterations and management of improvements to the A11y process flow.
Senior Accessibility Engineer
Google Via Hcl
01.2021 - 02.2022
- Reviewing Applications and Performing Accessibility Testing by following GAR rules
- Ensure the application is usable and accessible to Blind, Low Vision, KB Users, and Voice Users
- Responsible for ensuring all deliverable products meet, GAR and accessibility best practices guidelines.CPACC.DHS CERTIFIED, TRUSTED TESTER
- Review and analyze the Use Case and create Steps to reproduce
- Identify and analyze issues, uploading in the Cover Bug and Sub Cover Bug using accessibility detecting tools Bugnizer
- Resolve systems accessibility issues utilizing Testing and Remediation tools: JAWS, NVDA, Chrome Vox, Voice over, Talkback, HTML, CSS, etc
- Create daily stand-up meetings and attend meeting, training, and workshop
- Provide documents and train the newcomers and help the team
- Review and fill up the different kinds of documents like GAR metric sheet, GAR assessment sheet, and Estimation sheet
- Reviewing Applications and Performing Accessibility Testing by following GAR rules
- Ensure the application is usable and accessible to Blind, Low Vision, KB Users, and Voice users.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Comilla University, Bangladesh
12.2014
Skills
- Leadership and Team Management
- Succession Planning
- Policy Development and Implementation
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Communication and Advocacy
- Communication and Advocacy
- Regulatory Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Web Application Design and Development
- User Experience
- Creative Direction
- Team Building and Mentoring Performing accessibility testing on native mobile applications
Certification
CPACC, DHS CERTIFIED, TRUSTED TESTER
Tools And Technical Skills
- Automated/Semi-automated tools: AXE, WAVE, WAT, Bookmarklet, ANDI, Web Developer.Amp tool
- Assistive Technology: NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, Talkback, ChromeVox, Dragon
- Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile
- Operating System: Windows, Chrome, MacOS, Android, iOS
- Defect Tracking Tools: JIRA, QC/ALM, Rally.AMp tools
Timeline
Senior Digital Product Manager (Accessibility)
Wells Fargo
08.2022 - Current
Senior Information Technology Business Analyst
Alight
03.2022 - 08.2022
Senior Accessibility Engineer
Google Via Hcl
01.2021 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science -
Comilla University, Bangladesh
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