Investment Solutions Manager

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We have a great opportunity for an Investment Solutions Manager to join our Fiduciary Management (FM) team on a permanent basis in our London office (hybrid based).

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

As an Investment Solutions Manager, you will play a key role in the implementation of investment strategies at Railpen, with a particular focus on corporate bond and LDI fund implementation. This will involve the development and ongoing review of mandates for these and other Railpen pooled funds, working closely with both external investment managers and internal stakeholders. The role also includes inputting into strategic investment decision-making and involvement in the day-to-day execution of agreed investment strategies. This requires engagement with a number of stakeholders to understand client requirements, the market environment and integration with risk and performance monitoring.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The person

The successful candidate will bring an asset-focussed lens to this mandate review and will have a good understanding of the operation of LDI funds. They will be comfortable in assessing the appropriateness of any benchmarks used and engaging with both internal stakeholders and the underlying asset manager to challenge their approach and seek improvements to the management of asset and liability-related risks. You will have demonstrable experience of implementing investment mandates, including the design of these mandates and consideration of how to respond to changes in market conditions or client requirements. Experience developing benchmarks for LDI mandates and other features of interest rate and inflation hedge design would be a distinct advantage.

As an Investment Solutions Manager you must be comfortable working independently with external parties, challenging the status quo and identifying improvements. As part of this, you will have the ability to communicate, engage and influence stakeholders through concise and impactful language, despite complexity of the subject matter. The successful candidate will be adaptable to changing requirements and be keen to get involved in the various aspects of portfolio management. We are looking for someone who has a deep passion for long-term multi asset investing with a continuous learning mindset, and who is keen to manage and improve the design of Railpen's assets so that they meet their investment objectives in support of our organisation wide purpose to secure our members' future.

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 Thursday 4th September 2025.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life

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At Railpen we know that it's the talent of our people that makes us good at what we do and enables us to continue to achieve our mission to pay members' pensions securely, affordably and sustainably.

The unique nature of Railpen offers our people a wide variety of interesting opportunities for innovation, thought leadership and personal development. We encourage people to challenge, explore unconventional ideas and give each other the space to learn from our mistakes. We take time to listen to each other's ideas and understand what we each do, and what we need from each other to help us be at our best.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life.