Senior User Experience (UX) Designer

Tfgm
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 57K

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Google Analytics
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Figma

Requirements

Are you passionate about creating outstanding, accessible digital experiences that truly put users first? At Transport for Greater Manchester, this Senior User Experience (UX) Designer role is your chance to make a real impactsimplifying journeys, encouraging sustainable travel choices, and improving safety for millions of public transport users. We're looking for someone who excels across the UX design process; from research and understanding user needs to delivering high-fidelity designs and collaborating with developers to ship high-quality solutions., * Proven experience in designing and delivering complex, data-rich digital products

  • Experience working with different research methods across both qualitative and quantitative
  • Proficient in applying accessibility standards such as W3C and WCAG 2.2
  • Experience working in an agile product team
  • Delivery focussed, with strong experience in iterative delivery
  • Ability to define and track product success metrics, using data to inform design decisions and measure impact.
  • Proficient in both design and research tooling Figma, Usertesting.com, Google Analytics
  • Strong prototyping capability
  • Good experience working with and evolving design systems

Benefits & conditions

This is a permanent role and comes with a salary of £52,710 - £57,447 per annum depending on experience. This is comprised of base salary plus market supplement (MFS), (£43,210 - £47,947 plus MFS of £9,500 - the market supplement is paid monthly and reviewed as required).

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

  • Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
  • Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
  • Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
  • Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

About the company

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional with a strong background in user research and design to take the next step in their career, working on an exciting vision that helps make it easier and safer for people to plan and make their journeys on the Bee Network. You will support our UX team and wider community of practice at TfGM, delivering impactful, usercentred solutions that enhance the transport experience for residents and visitors across Greater Manchester, while helping to drive behaviour change towards more sustainable public transport, cycling and walking choices. In doing so, you'll contribute to delivering the 2040 Greater Manchester Transport Strategy and its goals to support sustainable economic growth, protect the environment, improve quality of life for all, and develop an innovative city region., Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) plays a vital role in shaping the future of transport across Greater Manchester. 2026 is a busy and exciting time for us: under the devolution agreement and with Greater Manchester at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, transport will play a vital role in supporting growth and prosperity in the UK's largest regional economy outside London. The scale of change, the size of the investment and the dedicated team we have in the business today make it an exciting place to work with a lot of scope to deliver first-class products and services and continue your own personal development journey. We have a dynamic working environment and a culture that collaborates, shares, continually learns, challenges and embraces better ways of doing things to continually meet user needs and experiences through technology and data.

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