Senior Manager, UX Strategy

Sparks Group

McLean, VA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Adobe Product Family, Best Practices, Business Development, Business Portal, Business Support, Business-to-Business (B2B), Cloud Computing, Coaching, Consumer Branding, Content Management Systems (CMS), Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer/Client Research, Ecosystems, Email Marketing, Government Organizations, Information Architecture, Leadership, Management Consulting, Marketing, Marketing Automation Software, Mentoring, Metrics, Performance Metrics, Product Design, Product Management, Regulations, Reporting Dashboards, Sales, Sales Support, Salesforce.com, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Usability Engineering, User Documentation, User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Analytics, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Website Conversion, Website Management, Website Optimization
LOCATION
McLean, VA
POSTED
Today

Senior Manager, UX Strategy Job Summary:

Sparks Group is partnering with a premier technology and management consulting organization to identify a Senior Manager, UX Strategy for its McLean, VA office. This leadership role is responsible for shaping the organization's digital experience strategy, with primary ownership of the corporate website and its connection to broader marketing, branding, and customer engagement initiatives.

The successful candidate will establish a long-term vision for digital experiences, ensuring every interaction supports business objectives while delivering an intuitive and engaging user journey. This leader will oversee UX strategy, design governance, and website optimization while managing a high-performing team of UX professionals.

This position requires a balance of strategic leadership and hands-on execution. The ideal candidate enjoys mentoring others while remaining actively involved in design reviews, user experience improvements, and cross-functional collaboration. You will work closely with teams across marketing, technology, analytics, content, and digital production to create seamless, data-driven customer experiences

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Senior Manager, UX Strategy Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive digital experience strategy that aligns user needs with organizational goals.
  • Lead the vision, roadmap, and ongoing evolution of the company's website as a key marketing and business development platform.
  • Guide UX initiatives across digital properties to ensure intuitive navigation, accessibility, usability, and consistent visual design.
  • Coach and mentor UX professionals while providing direct feedback and support on design initiatives.
  • Build, maintain, and govern enterprise design standards, reusable UI components, and scalable design frameworks.
  • Design connected customer journeys across multiple channels, including web, email, marketing automation, and sales engagement platforms.
  • Establish success metrics, dashboards, and reporting methodologies to evaluate digital experience performance.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement through user research, experimentation, testing, and optimization.
  • Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to translate organizational priorities into user-centered digital solutions.
  • Foster collaboration across marketing, creative, content, analytics, and technology teams while driving operational excellence within the UX function.

Senior Manager, UX Strategy Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in user experience, digital product design, customer experience strategy, product management, or a related discipline, including people leadership.
  • Demonstrated expertise in UX methodologies, interaction design principles, information architecture, and usability standards.
  • Proven success creating and expanding enterprise design systems and component libraries.
  • Experience managing UX teams responsible for large-scale digital products or enterprise websites.
  • Strong ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus, and communicate with executive leadership.
  • Comfortable working within large, cross-functional organizations with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
  • Knowledge of web analytics, conversion optimization, experimentation frameworks, KPI development, and data-informed decision making.
  • Portfolio demonstrating strategic UX thinking, polished design execution, measurable business impact, and ownership of complex digital initiatives.
  • Ability to combine strategic planning with hands-on contributions throughout the design lifecycle.

Senior Manager, UX Strategy Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with marketing automation technologies such as Marketo or Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
  • Familiarity with personalization, audience segmentation, or customer journey platforms, including Adobe Target and customer data platforms (CDPs).
  • Background supporting B2B and/or government-focused organizations with complex buying cycles.
  • Working knowledge of SEO, digital content strategy, and web analytics best practices.
  • Experience supporting sales enablement initiatives and integrating digital experiences into the customer lifecycle.
  • Familiarity with enterprise content management systems such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or Contentful.
  • Understanding of modern customer data ecosystems, including data lakes and related technologies.
  • Knowledge of accessibility regulations and WCAG standards.

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This job is Hybrid Remote.

We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.

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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.

 

About the Company

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Sparks Group

Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.

Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.

Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.

COMPANY SIZE
50 to 99 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1970
WEBSITE
https://www.sparksgroupinc.com