Strategy Delivery Manager

At Franklin Templeton, we believe success is built through powerful partnerships. As a forward thinking asset manager, we build dynamic relationships with clients, understand their goals, and navigate complex markets together. We leverage cutting edge strategies and deep insights to unlock opportunities for long term wealth creation. Our talented, global teams bring expertise that is both broad and unique.

From our welcoming, inclusive, and supportive culture to our globally diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential, but also to contribute to our clients’ success.

About the Department Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions (FTIS) supports a platform of more than $180B as the firm’s multi-asset solutions business, combining capabilities from across Franklin Templeton to create customised investment solutions and diversified portfolios.

The Strategy Management team supports the definition and delivery of strategic priorities across FTIS, while also managing key business control functions, budgets and expenses. The team partners with senior leadership and teams across Franklin Templeton to help shape and articulate strategic priorities, translate them into executable initiatives, and deliver change that drives growth, strengthens investment capabilities and enhances the operating model.

Strategy Delivery Managers work across a varied portfolio of strategic initiatives, flexing between strategy development, business analysis, technology-enabled solutioning and project delivery as required.

How you will add value

Strategy Development and Alignment Partner with FTIS leadership and business stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into clear objectives, outcomes, measures of success and executable initiatives.

Facilitate discussions to evaluate business problems, assumptions, dependencies, trade-offs and priorities, building alignment across stakeholders.

Use data, analysis and execution insight to challenge assumptions, inform prioritisation and support decision-making.

Strategic Delivery & Problem Solving Lead strategic projects and program work streams from initiation through planning, execution, implementation, adoption and closure.

Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, governance forums, status reporting and delivery controls to keep initiatives on track.

Manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and competing priorities across cross-functional teams to support timely delivery of agreed outcomes.

Coordinate stakeholders across FTIS and Franklin Templeton, ensuring clear ownership, effective communication and disciplined follow-through on actions.

Structure complex and ambiguous business problems, assess root causes and develop practical recommendations.

Use business analysis techniques to define requirements, map current and future-state processes and identify opportunities to improve ways of working.

Use technology, including automation, data analytics and AI, to support delivery, improve ways of working and develop practical solutions.

What will help you be successful in this role Relevant professional experience, supported by a degree or equivalent qualification, ideally in business, finance, technology, data analytics or a related field.

Established understanding of the investment management industry and the interaction between investment teams, technology, operations and other enabling functions.

Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects, programs or strategic initiatives, including planning, governance, stakeholder management, risks, issues and delivery tracking.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and business analysis skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous issues, define requirements and develop…