Senior Project Manager - Investment Management

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Baltimore, MD
155K-175K Annually
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
The Senior Project Manager will lead high-impact projects for Franklin Templeton, managing enterprise-wide initiatives with multiple business units, utilizing Agile techniques, and ensuring successful delivery to meet business goals. Responsibilities include planning, directing, coordinating projects, and influencing a focus on rapid value delivery.
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At Franklin Templeton, we’re driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified 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 offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients’ achievements.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

This is a HYBRID position requiring 3 days per week in our East or West Coast offices.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship/transfer for this position.

What is the PMO Team responsible for?

The PMO supports the Franklin Templeton enterprise (i.e., Sales, Marketing, Service and Operations, Investment Management, Back Office Operations, Infrastructure Services, Investment Management, etc.) in delivering capabilities to achieve the organization’s strategic vision.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of the Senior Technical Project Manager – Investment Management?

The FTT PMO seeks a dynamic Sr. Technical Project Manager to lead high impact projects for Franklin Templeton, working on strategic projects which generally involve multiple business units or the entire enterprise, with moderate to high risk and complexity. In line with our strategic direction, a successful candidate is well-versed in Agile techniques and exhibits an agility mindset.

  • Acts as the single point of accountability to plan, direct, and coordinate large-scale, enterprise-wide projects ensuring goals and objectives are accomplished successfully, meeting customer/business needs

  • As a part of this global team, the Technical Project Manager manages multiple projects of various size and scope, working with stakeholders from technology and various lines of business to achieve quality results

  • Manages the implementation of projects for the enterprise from setting up and directing project schedules, iterations, and budgets to monitoring initiatives through delivery or completion

  • Participates in solution-delivery continuous improvement activities and communities of practice to address ongoing needs for the project professional community

  • Influences and encourages programs to focus on rapid value delivery, leveraging agile, iterative development practices and agility techniques 

  • Appropriately tailors’ communication to target audience, ranging from team discussions to executives, in a culturally relevant style

  • Exhibits FTT’s core brand behaviors of being outcome-oriented, accountable, empowered, growth-minded, and strategic

What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

  • Min 8-11 years related technology project management experience

  • ESSENTIAL: experience managing Investment Management-related projects/trade cycle knowledge

  • Agile certification – Certified Disciplined Agilist or Practitioner or Scrum certifications

  • Practical Agile delivery experience

  • Experience working in a large-scale multi-national firm essential; Financial Services industry a plus

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards—monetary and non-monetary—designed to support the whole person and to recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. We expect the salary for this position to range between $155,000 and $175,000.

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Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. 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.

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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

  • Learning and Education Assistance Program (LEAP)

  • 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 existing 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. 
 
Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to [email protected]. In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only accommodation requests will receive a response.

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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
11,198 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1947

What We Do

Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton (www.franklinresources.com).

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