UX Manager - Contract London £600/day Inside IR35
The role: A well known public sector agency at the heart of the UK's energy infrastructure is looking for an experienced UX Manager to join on a contract basis. This is a hands on leadership role sitting inside a complex, high stakes environment where the work genuinely matters. You'll be leading UX across key digital products and services - shaping the design process, influencing product direction and making sure user needs stay front and centre throughout.
What you'll be doing
- Leading UX strategy and delivery across one or more product workstreams
- Managing and mentoring designers, setting quality standards and ways of working
- Working closely with product managers, engineers + senior stakeholders to align design with business + user goals
- Running and overseeing user research, usability testing and insight generation
- Translating complex regulatory and operational requirements into clear, usable experiences
- Championing user centred design across a large, cross functional organisation
What you need
- Proven experience as a UX Manager or Senior UX Lead, ideally in a large or complex organisation
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end to end UX process - discovery through to delivery
- Confident stakeholder management at senior level
- Experience leading and developing design teams
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working in regulated or public sector environments
- Coming from a strong agency background
- Energy sector experience is a plus but absolutely not essential
The details
Rate: Up to £600/day (depending on experience). Start: Monday, 4th May. Length: 6 months. Location: East Central London. Work type: Approximately 3 days/week in the office, the other 2 days remote (cannot be changed). Contract type: Inside IR35 - Umbrella only (no Ltd company, no Sole Trader). Sector: Energy / Public Sector. Rates depend on experience and client requirements.