UX Development Manager

Gold Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group in Crawley is seeking an UX Development Manager to lead the global UX Development team, oversee front-end development, and own the Design System (ECL) and Component Library to ensure consistent and high-quality products.

The role requires 4 days per week in the office, with no visa sponsorship available. You will mentor staff, prioritise resources, and collaborate with Product and Engineering leaders to drive measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, human-computer interaction, or a similar relevant field.
• 8+ years' experience as a Senior/Lead UX Developer in a domain of complex products and services.
• 2+ years' experience in managing a UX/ Front-end Development team with people management responsibilities.
• Experience in front-end software and/or business web/mobile applications.
• Experience developing and managing a component library or design system.
• Understanding regulatory constraints, ideally in medical devices.
• Delivery of large, complex projects end-to-end.
• Case studies showing user-centred design and measurable business impact.
• Good understanding of Agile principles and practices (Scrum, Kanban).
• Influential leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage a team of UX Developers, including hiring, performance management and career development.
• Prioritise team resources to maximise UX/product quality, efficiency and business impact.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Product and Engineering leaders; manage stakeholder expectations.
• Support evangelising user-centred design and communicate impactful case studies.
• Maintain awareness of related UX&D domains to sell broader team skills.
• Mentor colleagues on UX/UI and front-end development best practices.
• Oversee front-end development and support activities for key product lines.
• Lead Design System and Component Library ownership (ECL) and promote adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

UX/UI front-end development

Agile methodologies

Education

Degree in computer science / software engineering / HCI or similar

Job description

UX Development Manager

This role will require 4 days per week in the office

Unfortunately my client can not sponsor a work VISA for this role

The Manager, UX Development role leads my cleints UX Development team globally and oversees front-end development activities for their software products, ensuring that they are effective, efficient, satisfying and safe to use.

This encompasses building and supporting the their Design System via the UI Monorepo and the their Component Library (ECL), along with support of other product technologies, to ensure products are consistent and joined up.

Responsibilities:

• Line-manage a team of individual UX Developers, responsible for hiring, performance management, career development, and motivating the team towards excellent performance


• Understand my clients Products and their contexts, to be able to prioritise the resourcing of their team to the most important products/ projects, creating the greatest possible UX/ product quality, development efficiency and measurable business impact


• Develop and maintain a network of stakeholders; in particular, leaders in the Product and Engineering divisions. Understand the needs of these stakeholders, agree with them the scope of work, and ensure they are kept up to date with progress


• Support the Head of UX&D in evangelising the benefits of User-Centred Design across the business, including collating and communicating a set of compelling case studies where UCD has made a measurable business impact


• Maintain a good understanding of the other UX&D domains (UX Research, Industrial Design, UX Strategy & Design), to be able to 'sell' the wider team's skills and contributions


• Mentor and coach colleagues, within and outside the UX&D team, on best practice in UX/UI/Front-end Development


• Oversee front-end development and support activities on the most important software Products/Product Lines


• Lead the development of, and act as owner/ authority for, Design System and the Component Library (ECL). Evangelise the benefits of the Design System/ Component Library across the business and ensure its widest possible adoption. Work closely with members of the UX Strategy & Design team to maintain the Design System.

Experience required:

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, human-computer interaction, or a similar relevant field


• Comprehensive knowledge base acquired from 8+ years' experience as a (Senior/ Lead) UX Developer in a domain of complex products and services


• 2+ years' experience in managing a UX/ Front-end Development team, including all people management responsibilities


• Significant experience in the development of front-end software and/or business web applications or mobile applications.


• Significant experience in developing and managing a component library or design system for an organization.


• An understanding and experience of working within regulatory constraints, ideally in the field of medical devices


• A track record of taking responsibility for the delivery of large, complex projects, end-to-end


• A track record of case studies (personal or from a managed team) where user-centered design and development has had a significant and measurable business impact


• Good understanding of Agile principles and Agile product development practices (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)


• A track record of influential leadership, management of senior stakeholders and driving cross-functional agreement on user-centred design.