• Job Description

  Req#: 852501

  At Franklin Templeton, everything we do is focused on one thing – delivering better client outcomes. We do that by partnering closely with our clients, assessing their strategic needs, and identifying the solution or solutions that can meet the challenge. Over 9,500 employees working in 30 countries around the world are dedicated to servicing investment solutions for our clients in more than 155 countries. For more than 75 years our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people, and we are looking for qualified candidates to join our team.

  The SVP/Head of Data & Analytics is a strategic role that reports to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), that has the primary accountability for the organization’s data and analytics (D&A) program to drive value across the company. This includes the creation and management of an enterprise D&A strategy, and execution of related programs and practices that drive measurable business outcomes. The role also involves leading the D&A and data governance functions, maturing the company D&A culture, and evolving technology capabilities.

  • Be the corporate leader of data-driven insights and use cases that help support the exploitation of strategic and tactical business opportunities.
  • Build partnerships with executive leadership to establish the vision for managing data as a business asset — to exploit data and analytics capabilities to drive business outcomes.
  • Lead the creation (and assure the ongoing relevance) of the organization’s data and analytics strategy in collaboration with the CIO and Head of Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation.
  • Implement an enterprise operating model for data and analytics that is consistent with the capabilities and competencies required to execute the strategy.
  • Foster the creation of a data-driven culture, related competencies, and data literacy across the enterprise. Lead these transformation efforts by developing D&A talent and maturing the capability of the organization.
  • Establish and maintain trust in data assets by implementing a data governance framework for data and algorithms used for analysis, analytical applications, and automated decision making.

  What are the ongoing responsibilities of the SVP/Head of Data & Analytics?

  Business Value and Outcomes

  • Partner with stakeholders across the organization to understand their goals and objectives. Organize, formalize, and prioritize use cases based on business value.
  • Build a portfolio of measurable business outcomes expressed in terms that resonate with stakeholders (e.g., revenue growth, operational effectiveness, or risk reduction).
  • Connect with stakeholders to identify unmet needs that expose new opportunities, and to redesign business processes and interactions as part of the digital transformation.

  Data and Analytics

  This role requires a broad understanding of the full range of strategic data and analytics capabilities, and the ability to communicate these concepts, methods and techniques in ways easily understood by other stakeholders:

  • Data and analytics strategy expertise: Acumen for strategic business and technology planning and execution.
  • Data governance: MDM, data quality and data stewardship practices. This extends into data governance best practices, which touch on data security, privacy access, and other global compliance and regulatory governance practices.
  • Data-driven culture change: Play a critical role in driving and overseeing major business change to deliver enterprise value by managing major data-driven change initiatives.
  • Analytics and business intelligence: Understanding of the practical application of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics techniques.
  • Information/data architectures: Understanding and practical application and differences between data fabric, data mesh, data warehouse, data lake or data hub. Identify and manage the most important business information assets across the organization.

  Management and Operations

  • Develop, manage, allocate and govern the annual budget for the D&A function.
  • Organize and lead a D&A center of excellence, and constantly improve the organization’s capacity to develop insights with advanced analytics.
  • Oversee the development, publishing and maintenance of the organization’s data and analytics architecture and platforms, as well as a roadmap for its future development, ensuring that it matches and supports business needs.
  • Scan the horizon for emerging technologies, skills, and D&A techniques to ensure their timely introduction for competitive advantage.

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

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration; computer science; data science; information systems or related field; or equivalent work experience. Academic qualification or professional training and experience in legal and regulatory areas are also desirable.
  • 10+ years’ experience, ideally in business management, legal, financial or information or IT management — recently at or near the executive level.
  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in leading cross-functional teams, multidisciplinary environments and enterprise-wide data and analytics programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.
  • Strong understanding of financial markets, investment strategies, and asset classes.
  • Knowledge of data governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
  • Experience in integrating complex, cross-corporate processes, and information strategies, and/or designing strategic metrics and scorecards.

  Compensation Range: 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 $250,000 - $310,000.

  What makes Franklin Templeton unique?

  In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards—the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.

  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

  We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and supporting our communities. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture and values, and is an important element of how we achieve success.

  We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals.

  Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for 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. We invite you to visit us at Franklin Templeton Careers to learn more about our company, career opportunities and recruitment process.

  Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation to search for, or apply for, one of our positions please send an email to accommodations@FranklinTempleton.com . In your email, please include the accommodation you are requesting and the job title and 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 requests for accommodations will receive a response.

• About the company

  Franklin Resources Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.

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