Freelance UX Manager

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