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Executive Office Business Manager
full-time•London
About this role
Executive Office Business Manager
Intro
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Executive Office Business Manager based in our London office (hybrid working). This role will be a Direct Report to the CEO and be an attendee of the Railpen Executive Committee (ExCom).
Who we are
Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.
Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.
To learn more about Railpen including our values, culture and purpose, visit our LinkedIn Life page here
The Role
This is a unique opportunity to shape the role around your own strengths and ways of working. There is no fixed blueprint — we are looking for someone who will bring their own style and be eager to make the role their own. The purpose of the role is to support the Chief Executive and the wider Executive Committee in the day-to-day and strategic management of Railpen. This will include owning and driving forward Chief Executive sponsored change projects as required, working closely with colleagues in Change & Transformation and other functions to ensure successful delivery.
You will work in close collaboration with the EA to the Chief Executive providing support and insight to enable seamless service to the Chief Executive. This role is an excellent career development opportunity and a possible stepping-stone to a future senior-leadership position within Railpen.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
The Person
You will have a good understanding of Railpen’s organisation; our business units, functions and governance structures and have the ability to ‘join the dots’ and think strategically across Railpen. You will have experience preparing a variety of regular and ad hoc reports to a high standard within tight timeframes. Experience of project planning, building relationships, engaging in strategic conversations and delivering against a business plan are also important.
The successful candidate will be somebody who will be approachable and can support across very diverse business disciplines, embrace complexity and has excellent skills in delivering clear communication. You will have excellent initiative and be a proactive thinker, as well as having the courage to have a view on difficult business decisions. An ability to influence and secure ‘buy-in’ amongst colleagues across all levels of the organisation is key to this role as is having a commercial and strategic mind-set to be able to oversee the successful delivery of key business initiatives..
Our values of integrity, community and alignment are the guiding principles that influence our behaviour. They help us make decisions and shape our relationships with others. They’re what we stand for. You will actively demonstrate our values, helping to create a safe environment, to place the needs of the community above oneself and, through a culture of ‘fair challenge’, align to the best interests of our members.
What we can offer you
Rewarding you
A competitive salary
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Generous annual bonus plan
We provide membership of the Railways Pension Scheme, a Defined Benefit arrangement under which you get a pension for life and a lump sum when you retire, based on your length of service and pay
4x Life Assurance cover
Colleague referral scheme
Heath & Wellbeing
Employee assistance programme
Heath cash plan
Eye care vouchers
Flu vaccination
Lifestyle
We support hybrid and flexible working along with very generous family leave including 12 months full pay maternity leave and 6 months full pay paternity leave
Buy and sell holidays
Give as you earn scheme
Paid volunteering days
Flexible half days leave
Electric vehicle leasing
Cycle to work scheme
Next Steps
Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by Friday 6th February 2026.
Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
What you'll do
- Support the Chief Executive and the Executive Committee in managing Railpen's operations. Drive Chief Executive sponsored change projects and collaborate with various functions for successful delivery.
About Railpen
Railpen’s purpose is simple – to secure our members’ future.
We are responsible for over £34bn in assets on behalf of more than 350,000 members, providing market-leading pension administration and investment services for defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and hybrid schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme – one of the UK’s largest, longest established, and intricate funds.
We are built on our heritage. Our history of helping everyday, hardworking people save for their retirement stretches back more than half a century. From our beginnings in 1965 as the pensions office for the British Rail Pension Scheme, we’ve innovated and evolved to serve the needs of the industry and the financial future of its workers.
We are committed to better member outcomes. Our role is delegated to us by our Trustee (the Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited or RPTCL), whose unwavering passion to put members’ interests first is integral to everything we do – from how we administer the schemes to how we select, structure and size investments to protect and grow the long-term value of members’ savings.
We are agile and innovative. Guided by integrity, the importance we place on collaboration, and our member-first approach, we work with policymakers and industry leaders to advocate for a progressive and supportive policy environment that helps us to secure our members’ future and shape a more sustainable pensions landscape.
We are different from the norm. We put every pound of profit towards paying members’ pensions securely, affordably and sustainably. We make this our mission. Our long-term mindset opens up investment opportunities over multiple decades that enrich communities and the environment, set new standards for innovation and contribute to a resilient UK economy.
We are Railpen.
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