Performance Modelling Manager - Rail

Performance Modelling Manager

Midlands – Hybrid role

Excellent salary and benefits

TXM Recruit are seeking a Performance Modelling Manager to lead the development and implementation of data-driven timetable modelling for our major railway client.

This pivotal role will manage the relationship with a chosen modelling provider and use performance insights to shape operational change. You will be responsible to produce performance models, interpreting their outputs and leading the integration of recommendations into real-world improvements – driving reliability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

This is a highly visible role with significant responsibility to influence over how we shape our future railway – both tactically and strategically – with a direct impact on performance, customer experience, and long-term business planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end performance modelling process, including scoping, modelling, analysing providing information and recommendations to the business on our longer-term strategic timetables (typically 12months+ in advance).
• Work with the Timetable Planning team, in line with business governance structure and industry timetable timescales, to propose changes to maximise our timetable performance, considering operational performance, customer experience, capacity planning and market/revenue growth (with support from the Revenue team).
• Understand the model outputs, interpret the information, analyse the data and use local operational knowledge to identify performance opportunities and risk areas within timetables.
• Manage and develop modelling documentation, reporting, and governance processes.
• Translate strategic performance goals into modelling inputs and ensure modelling outputs are suitable for strategic planning and timetable development.
• Where you identify opportunities, lead the delivery of timetable interventions, monitoring impacts and feeding lessons learned back into the modelling cycle. Provide expert guidance where other teams identify future opportunities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong experience in railway performance, timetable planning, and/or operational modelling.
• Proven ability to lead projects and implement performance-based recommendations.
• Experience using modelling tools (e.g. Trenissimo, RailSys, MOIRA, TPS, or similar).
• Educated to degree level with an analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions.
• Confident communicator and negotiator with experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with the drive to convert data into action.
• Adaptable, proactive and works on own initiative to prioritise tasks in a busy environment.

Benefits

• Defined salary pension – one of the best pension schemes available
• Free travel on all our services, including spouse and dependent children.
• 75% off all other train company travel tickets (1st Class and standard)
• Private Healthcare
• Retail discounts

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting, friendly, and fast paced team, delivering essential services.

TXM Recruit is an equal opportunities employer. If you have any specific requirements or require assistance or reasonable adjustments to be made for you during the selection process due to disability or long-term health condition, we will do our best to assist you.

If you want to register your interest and apply, please contact me on the below or apply online:

Miren Chauhan

Delivery Consultant

Email: miren.chauhan@txmrecruit.co.uk