At Franklin Templeton were advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic firm spans asset management wealth management and fintech offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise thats both broad and unique. From our welcoming inclusive and flexible culture to our global and diverse business we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.

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About Emerging Solutions

Emerging Solutions is Franklin Templetons strategic innovation function focused on building the firms next generation of growth.

The team identifies high-potential innovative opportunities arising from industry trends client demand and technological change and develops them into validated business cases and scalable offerings.

Working in close partnership with investment distribution technology and strategy teams as well as external partners Emerging Solutions enables these initiatives to be implemented by FIRST and the broader organization.

Through this work the team helps Franklin Templeton to navigate a rapidly evolving industry landscape and lead in the development of next-generation solutions and capabilities.

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Analyst or Associate to join the Emerging Solutions team in New York. This role is for a versatile operator who can help identify opportunities build business cases and drive initiatives through to execution with a high degree of ownership in a fast-moving evolving environment.

You will work across multiple initiatives simultaneously supporting the development of new solutions and capabilities particularly in areas such as digital assets tokenization and next-generation categories.

Key Responsibilities

1. Opportunity Identification & Insight Development

• Conduct research on industry trends emerging technologies and client demand
• Track key developments and synthesize insights into actionable opportunity areas
• Build market sizing competitive landscape and ecosystem analyses

2. Business Case Development & Solution Design

• Translate insights into structured opportunity hypotheses
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses
• Support the design of product structures economic models and operating frameworks
• Partner with internal stakeholders across legal technology investment and distribution
• Ensure concepts are scalable credible and aligned with Franklin Templetons strategy

3. Strategic Execution

• Manage workstreams across multiple initiatives ensuring progress coordination and timely delivery
• Identify evaluate and help structure partnerships with fintechs distributors wealth managers infrastructure providers etc.
• Translate validated ideas into commercialization roadmaps and go-to-market strategies
• Develop value propositions positioning and internal engagement materials
• Contribute to white papers standardized materials and strategic narratives that support external positioning and internal alignment

What Were Looking For

• 3-5 years of experience in consulting investment banking asset management or a related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfort with ambiguity
• Experience with financial modeling and structured analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to synthesize complex topics into clear narratives
• Interest in digital assets fintech and evolving asset management industry developments
• Highly organized proactive and able to manage multiple workstreams

Work Location

• The position requires working from our New York City office.

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewardsmonetary and non-monetary designed to supporttheir well-being and recognize their time talents and results. Along with base compensation employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus a401(k) plan with a generous match and recognition rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes a range of competitive healthcare optionsinsurance and disability benefits employee stock investment program learning resources career development programs reimbursement forcertain educationexpenses paid time off (vacation / holidays / sick / leave / parental & caregiving leave / bereavement / volunteering / floating holidays) and a motivational wellbeing program. We expect the annual salary for this position to range between $100000- $135000 depending on location and level of relevant experience plus discretionary bonus.

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