Project Manager

Railpen; Darlington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension management organization based in Darlington is seeking a Project Manager to ensure successful project delivery. The role requires demonstrable project management experience, strong communication skills, and a relevant qualification. Offering a competitive salary, annual leave, and a hybrid working model, this position is an excellent opportunity to engage with impactful projects in the pension sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous annual bonus plan

Membership of Railways Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Health cash plan

Flexibility with hybrid working

Electric vehicle leasing

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in project delivery with high-quality business outcomes.
• Ability to govern projects, ensuring they run within budget and timeframes.
• Experience in managing and delivering projects within a pension environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful delivery of allocated projects in line with strategy.
• Apply relevant project management methodology for project governance.
• Provide recommendations on improvements to business change and procedures.

Skills

Project management methodology experience

Strong project management and planning skills

Credible communication

Stakeholder trust-building

Education

Recognised project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, MSP)

Job description

Overview

Project Manager based in Darlington on a fixed term basis until December 2026. (hybrid working)

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.

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.

The Role

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of individually allocated projects and change initiatives in accordance with the Railpen strategy and project governance framework.

The Person

To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience of project delivery with proven successful application of a relevant project management methodology. You will have experience across different project types, delivering high quality business outcomes whilst ensuring projects are appropriately governed, scoped, run within budget and timeframes.

We are looking for someone who is delivery focused, a credible communicator and can build trust with stakeholders, taking them on a journey throughout the project and encouraging an open and honest environment. You will demonstrate resilience, providing factual and meaningful insight to make recommendations on improvements to business change, lifecycle, policies, processes and procedures.

You will have strong project management and planning skills, and hold a recognised project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, APM, MSP.

Experience of managing and delivering projects within a pension environment would be highly desirable for this role.

What we can offer you

Rewarding you

• A competitive salary (depending on experience)

• 28 day 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

Health & Wellbeing

• Employee assistance programme

• Health cash plan

• Eye care vouchers

• Flu vaccination

• Private Medical Insurance

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

If you would like to apply, please click on the apply button or visit our Careers Page by Monday 29th 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.