At Franklin Templeton, we’re 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 that’s 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.
Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!
About Emerging Solutions
Emerging Solutions is Franklin Templeton’s strategic innovation function, focused on building the firm’s 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 Templeton’s 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 We’re 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 rewards—monetary and non-monetary — designed to support their well-being and recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, a 401(k) plan with a generous match, and recognition rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a range of competitive healthcare options, insurance, and disability benefits, employee stock investment program, learning resources, career development programs, reimbursement for certain education expenses, 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 $100,000- $135,000 depending on location and level of relevant experience, plus discretionary bonus.
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Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!
Our culture is shaped by the variety of perspectives and experiences brought by talent from around the world. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.
By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have your needs covered. Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton.
Highlights of our benefits include:
Three weeks paid time off the first year
Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan with 85% company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits
Employee Stock Investment Program
Tuition Assistance Program
Purchase of company funds with no sales charge
Onsite fitness center and recreation center*
Onsite cafeteria*
*Only applicable at certain locations
Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
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