Hire a Fractional Head of Ux
Pre-screened UX leaders who have run research programs, built design systems, and managed design teams, matched to your product in about 3 days so your roadmap gets user-centered direction this sprint.
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When to hire a Fractional Head of Ux
Bring in a Head of Ux when product decisions keep getting made without user evidence and nobody senior owns the experience end to end.
Designers without a leader
Your two or three designers report to a PM or engineering lead, and nobody is reviewing their work, setting standards, or planning their growth.
Inconsistent UI across the product
Every team builds its own buttons and patterns, the Figma library is out of date, and engineers rebuild components that already exist.
Roadmap built on opinions
Features ship based on the loudest voice in the room because there is no usability testing, interview program, or analytics review behind them.
Drop-off you cannot explain
Activation, checkout, or onboarding numbers are falling and no one has mapped the journey to find where users get stuck.
Friction between design and engineering
Handoffs miss states and edge cases, specs change mid-sprint, and developers are making UX calls on their own.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Head of Ux
A fractional Head of Ux gives your product a senior owner for research, interaction design, and design operations, scoped to the work you actually have.
Run UX leadership on a part-time budget
Get a leader who has managed design teams and run usability programs, without carrying a full-time executive salary, equity, and benefits.
Fix your onboarding flow before next quarter
Meet pre-screened UX leaders within days, so research and redesign work starts while the problem is still costing you conversions.
Bring in someone who has shipped a design system
Every candidate's portfolio, Figma workflow, and record of working alongside engineering teams is reviewed before you meet them.
How to hire a Fractional Head of Ux
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Head of Ux is easy with Go Fractional.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Head of Ux candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Head of Ux
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Head of Ux on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Head of Ux
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Head of Ux rates average $170/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Head of Ux Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Head of Ux leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Head of Ux | Full-time Head of Ux | UX agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 3-6 months | 2-6 weeks |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer | Salary + equity + benefits | Project fee with markup |
| Ownership of design team | Leads and coaches your designers | Leads and grows the team long term | Delivers files, rarely manages your staff |
| Research and design system | Sets up cadence and system governance | Owns both permanently | Scoped to the project deliverable |
| Work with engineering | Embedded in sprints and handoff | Embedded in sprints and handoff | Handoff at project end |
| Best for | Senior UX direction with flexible scope | Large, stable design org | One-off redesign or campaign build |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“Having someone senior from day one as a founder means you're actually hiring yourself out of a job, not transferring that amount of work to essentially management of someone junior, which can only be as often just as much work or only slightly less work.”
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
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