Investment Manager, Sustainable Ownership

We have a great opportunity for an Investment Manager to join our multi-award-winning Sustainable Ownership team

on a permanent basis in our London office (hybrid based).

This is a mid-level role, suitable for someone with an excellent track record of working in or around responsible investment practice and policy advocacy, who wants to make decisive and impactful contributions to our purpose.

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

Within this role, you will be undertaking high-quality and insightful ESG research, risk advice, stewardship and other activities that make a decisive contribution to a range of themes and asset classes. By working with initiative and in collaboration with colleagues from across the business and at all levels, these actions help to secure members’ futures by identifying and managing the ESG risks and opportunities that matter most to financial outcomes for members. A key part of your role will be ensuring our public policy and system-wide advocacy and stewardship work is evidence-based and impactful, as well as mentoring and supporting more junior team members.

This role will likely be suitable for someone who already has an excellent track record of working in or around responsible investment. We are also keen to recruit someone with good experience and understanding of shaping or managing policy advocacy collaborations and industry campaigns on system-wide investment and ESG issues.

The person

We’re looking for you to bring hands-on experience of working directly with asset managers, asset owners and policymakers to help achieve sustainable ownership objectives. You will have a good understanding of investment practices across public and private markets, as well as of helping to design and implement engagement strategies on corporate governance and other issues. You’re adept at engaging with investor bodies and coalitions, and can demonstrate how you’ve developed collaborative relationships with senior industry stakeholders, presenting with confidence and credibility. You’re skilled in bottom-up ESG analysis and engagement, and experience in data methodologies and strategies would be desirable.

The role will require you to juggle and lead on various projects while also being on top of the necessary detail, so a calm, analytical and solutions-focused approach is essential. And with the requirement to work with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels, including external stakeholders, you need to evidence credibility and rigour alongside excellent written and verbal communication skills that take into account the needs and priorities of the audience to which you are speaking.

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 21st August 2025.

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