Junior Product Analyst

Railpen•Darlington, SC

7d•Remote

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Analyst to join our Corporate Products team on a fixed term basis for a period of 12 months (home 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 the Junior Product Analyst you will look to collaborate with cross functional teams, driving standardised and consistent organisational adoption of our corporate products to maximise the value of investment. You will assist in the management of product backlogs, ensuring that tickets are accurately documented and prioritised and escalated when required. This role is also responsible for providing product administration support, including user management, configuration, and troubleshooting. The Person We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Junior Product Analyst to join our Corporate Products team. The ideal candidate will ideally have experience working with Workday ERP, Sunrise ESM, Project for the Web or other ESM products. While expertise in these products is not required, an awareness of their capabilities and an understanding of agile product development is essential. As the Product Analyst, you will be innovative with the ability to identify areas for development and propose suitable solutions. We are looking for an individual with the ability to communicate effectively to a variety of stakeholders, at all levels within Railpen. You will build effective stakeholder relationships, understanding and developing business requirements, whilst ensuring best practices are met. Organisational skills and an ability to adapt and re-plan due to competing priorities is key. You will be keen to learn and develop within this role and ultimately contribute to establishing best practice within the Corporate Products team. 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 We provide a Defined Contribution pension scheme Colleague referral scheme Heath & Wellbeing Employee assistance programme Health cash plan Eye care vouchers Flu vaccination Lifestyle Give as you earn scheme Paid volunteering days Next Steps Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by 5pm on 9th January 2026. Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life. 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.

Requirements

highly motivated and detail-oriented
awareness of their capabilities and an understanding of agile product development is essential
innovative with the ability to identify areas for development and propose suitable solutions
ability to communicate effectively to a variety of stakeholders, at all levels within Railpen
build effective stakeholder relationships, understanding and developing business requirements, whilst ensuring best practices are met
Organisational skills and an ability to adapt and re-plan due to competing priorities is key
keen to learn and develop within this role and ultimately contribute to establishing best practice within the Corporate Products team

Nice To Haves

experience working with Workday ERP, Sunrise ESM, Project for the Web or other ESM products

Responsibilities

collaborate with cross functional teams, driving standardised and consistent organisational adoption of our corporate products to maximise the value of investment
assist in the management of product backlogs, ensuring that tickets are accurately documented and prioritised and escalated when required
providing product administration support, including user management, configuration, and troubleshooting