Job Description

It is not just a celebration, though - it's a commitment to continue delivering a simpler, better, greener railway. Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system.
Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7, 365 days a year. From the first passenger railway in 1825 to today's AI-driven predictive maintenance, the rail industry has continuously evolved. Now, as we enter Network Rail's Control Period 7 (CP7), the focus is on modernisation, sustainability, and operational efficiency.
We're passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by "Putting Passengers First". Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right is something we strive for, as well as asking ourselves - what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. to watch our inspiring video to leaarn more about us!
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process. You can visit for advice on accessibility support.
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!

• 28 days annual leave - with the opportunity to buy and/or sell up to 5 days
• Access to a range of contributory pension schemes and the potential to top up your competitive salary with a bonus
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train
• Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75%
• We can offer you a season ticket loan; annual season tickets are discounted.
• A 35-hour-per-week contract with flexible working options available to help support your work-life balance
• Hybrid working and enhanced family-friendly support
• Take advantage of childcare vouchers, healthcare offers (including discounted healthcare club membership), discounted cycle hire, and online shopping sites
• 5 days of paid volunteering leave
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community

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Brief Description
What will you be doing?
Drive transformational change across the organisation by leading complex business change programmes that deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes. Champion the governance of benefits management, ensuring every initiative creates lasting value and real-world impact. You'll also take ownership of performance recovery activities, identifying root causes, coordinating improvement plans, and restoring confidence in delivery. Alongside this, you will plan and oversee external communications to ensure clarity, alignment, and credibility across all audiences.
Your stakeholder landscape will be broad and influential, spanning The Region, Train Operating Companies, and Freight Operating Companies. You'll inspire teams, engage diverse partners, and shape strategies that turn ambitious goals into tangible results.
About the role (External)
Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

• Champion the identification, planning, and tracking of business benefits and outcomes- ensuring every change initiative delivers measurable value and aligns with strategic objectives.
• Provide robust programme assurance by overseeing the benefits realisation plan, instilling confidence in stakeholders that targets will be achieved.
• Validate project contributions to overall benefits, proactively eliminating duplication and ensuring clarity of ownership across all benefit profiles.
• Establish and nurture business ownership of benefits profiles and the realisation plan, fostering accountability and sustained engagement throughout the change journey.
• Proactively assess and manage risks to benefits realisation and stakeholder engagement, swiftly addressing emerging issues and concerns to keep programmes on track.
• Design and execute stakeholder management strategies, inspiring internal and external partners to embrace change, while setting realistic expectations about both the advantages and challenges of transformation.
• Craft and deliver impactful communications strategies and plans that keep all parties informed, engaged, and motivated throughout the change process.
• Prepare business areas for seamless transition to business as usual, developing strategies that safeguard investments and ensure lasting success by actively engaging relevant stakeholders.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
Essential

• Proven success as a senior project manager, delivering major business change in complex blue-chip or government settings.
• Strong expertise in defining, tracking, and achieving business benefits within change management programmes.
• Results-driven, with a genuine passion for successful delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence and secure buy-in for change.
• Commercially astute.
• Resilient and effective under pressure in fast-paced environments.

We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:
Desirable

• Experience collaborating across functions to deliver multi-million-pound business benefits.
• Skilled in managing teams within challenging, change-resistant environments.
• Proficient in budget management.

How to apply (External)
: Band 2B 71,163 - 84,437 depending on experience
Closing date: 2th December 2025. Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications may not be accepted.
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. We pride ourselves on creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by .
What does our recruitment process look like?
Once you have applied, our Recruitment Specialist & the hiring manager will look at your CV.
If your experience matches what we're looking for, you'll be contacted by our Resourcing Team and invited to an interview.
We're a employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
You can visit for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
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Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
All prospective candidates offered a prospective role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drug and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on the database, and a 5-year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure, will be enforced.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Skills Required