Interim User Experince (UX) Lead – Digital Banking & Digital Assets
Posted 1 day ago by ZRG
£750 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim UX Lead role focuses on enhancing the user experience for a fintech banking platform specializing in digital assets. This senior position requires end-to-end UX ownership, collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure the platform meets the needs of institutional clients. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in regulated financial environments and a strong background in UX leadership within fintech. This role is critical as the business undergoes significant platform evolution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and deliver UX strategy across the full product lifecycle.
- Own and elevate the end-to-end user experience in a regulated banking environment.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, compliance, and commercial stakeholders.
- Ensure the platform delivers intuitive and scalable user experiences for institutional clients.
Key Skills:
- Senior UX leadership experience in digital banking, fintech, or financial services.
- End-to-end UX ownership in complex, regulated banking environments.
- Experience designing for institutional and wholesale users.
- Understanding of payments, transactions, FX, or asset-related workflows.
- Ability to work closely with product and engineering teams in agile environments.
- Strong grounding in design thinking, user research, and service design.
- Experience in scale-up or challenger fintechs; founder or early-team experience is a plus.
Salary (Rate): £750 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Interim UX Lead – Fintech Banking & Digital Assets
Contract: Initial six months
Rate: £750 per day, outside IR35
We’re partnering with a fast-growing, next-generation digital banking and fintech platform operating in the institutional digital asset space. The business is entering a critical phase of platform evolution and is seeking an Interim UX Lead to own and elevate the end-to-end user experience across a highly regulated, complex banking environment.
The Role
This is a senior, hands-on UX leadership role with true end-to-end ownership. You will define and deliver UX strategy across the full product lifecycle, from discovery and research through to design, testing and implementation. Working closely with product, engineering, compliance and commercial stakeholders, you will ensure the platform delivers intuitive, trusted and scalable user experiences for sophisticated institutional clients.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a UX leader who has operated at a senior level within complex, regulated financial environments and fast-moving fintechs. Key experience should include:
- Senior UX leadership within digital banking, fintech or financial services platforms
- End-to-end UX ownership across complex, regulated banking environments
- Experience designing for institutional and wholesale users, rather than purely consumer products
- Working understanding of payments, transactions, FX or asset-related workflows
- Proven ability to work closely with product and engineering teams in delivery-focused, agile environments
- Strong grounding in design thinking, user research and service design, with a track record of simplifying complex user journeys
- Experience in scale-up or challenger fintechs; founder or early-team experience is a plus