What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technology Project Manager position at Franklin Templeton?
Firm Overview
ClearBridge Investments is an active equity manager offering a broad range of strategies across global developed and emerging markets, local markets, and real assets. The firm manages close to $200 billion as of March 31, 2026.
ClearBridge manages diversified, high-conviction portfolios through collaborative fundamental research to meet the needs of some of the world’s largest asset owners and financial intermediary platforms. We invest as long-term, risk-aware business owners and seek to deliver consistency of process and performance for our clients through market cycles. A focus on durability drives everything we do; from the business models of the companies we own, to the holding periods of our portfolios, to the stability and longevity of our investment professionals.
As Franklin Templeton’s largest equity specialist, ClearBridge operates with investment autonomy from headquarters in New York and offices in Baltimore, Calgary, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Leeds, London, Melbourne, and Sydney. ClearBridge Investments has been named by Pensions & Investments Magazine (P&I) as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management for the fourteenth year in a row. These awards reflect the Firm's diverse and inclusive culture, spirit of collaboration, work/life balance and our ongoing investment in our employees.
Job Summary
ClearBridge Investments is seeking a Senior Technology Project Manager to join our New York City–based Technology team. This role will focus primarily on leading complex system migration and platform transformation initiatives that support the firm’s strategic objectives.
This individual will play a critical role in planning, coordinating, and executing migrations across enterprise investment systems, including portfolio management, order management, research, data, and related operational platforms.
This individual will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and external partners to ensure migration initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with minimal disruption to core business processes. This role requires strong project leadership, deep organizational skills, and the ability to manage cross-functional dependencies in a highly regulated and business-critical environment. The ideal candidate brings experience leading large-scale technology implementations or migrations, particularly within asset management, financial services, or enterprise investment platforms
Key Senior Technology Project Manager Responsibilities
Our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards. Our Total Rewards include:
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 accommodations@FranklinTempleton.com . In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment 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.
ClearBridge Investments is an active equity manager offering a broad range of strategies across global developed and emerging markets, local markets, and real assets. The firm manages close to $200 billion as of March 31, 2026.
ClearBridge manages diversified, high-conviction portfolios through collaborative fundamental research to meet the needs of some of the world’s largest asset owners and financial intermediary platforms. We invest as long-term, risk-aware business owners and seek to deliver consistency of process and performance for our clients through market cycles. A focus on durability drives everything we do; from the business models of the companies we own, to the holding periods of our portfolios, to the stability and longevity of our investment professionals.
As Franklin Templeton’s largest equity specialist, ClearBridge operates with investment autonomy from headquarters in New York and offices in Baltimore, Calgary, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Leeds, London, Melbourne, and Sydney. ClearBridge Investments has been named by Pensions & Investments Magazine (P&I) as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management for the fourteenth year in a row. These awards reflect the Firm's diverse and inclusive culture, spirit of collaboration, work/life balance and our ongoing investment in our employees.
Job Summary
ClearBridge Investments is seeking a Senior Technology Project Manager to join our New York City–based Technology team. This role will focus primarily on leading complex system migration and platform transformation initiatives that support the firm’s strategic objectives.
This individual will play a critical role in planning, coordinating, and executing migrations across enterprise investment systems, including portfolio management, order management, research, data, and related operational platforms.
This individual will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and external partners to ensure migration initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with minimal disruption to core business processes. This role requires strong project leadership, deep organizational skills, and the ability to manage cross-functional dependencies in a highly regulated and business-critical environment. The ideal candidate brings experience leading large-scale technology implementations or migrations, particularly within asset management, financial services, or enterprise investment platforms
Key Senior Technology Project Manager Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project management for enterprise investment system migrations or enhancements working closely with business and development teams
- Coordinate business and technical workstreams across system design, data mapping, integration planning, testing, cutover, and post-go-live support
- Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies, escalating where appropriate and driving timely resolution
- Manage communications across stakeholders, including project teams, senior leadership, vendors, and external implementation partners
- Ensure appropriate governance, documentation, and change management practices are maintained throughout the project lifecycle
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
- 6-8 years of experience in project management, business analysis, or technology delivery, with significant experience leading enterprise system implementations or migrations within asset management industry
- Strong knowledge of enterprise investment platforms, including portfolio management, order management, research, accounting, performance, and market data systems
- Experience leading large-scale system migration efforts, including planning, dependency management, testing coordination, cutover execution, and post-go-live support for investment management workflows across front-, middle-, and back-office functions
- Familiarity with data migration, reconciliation, validation, and integration challenges across interconnected enterprise platforms
- Experience with integrated investment vendor SaaS applications like Charles River, Aladdin or equivalent
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft 365 platform and toolsets, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint, as well as project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira and Smartsheet
- Strong understanding of data relationships across systems (e.g., upstream/downstream impacts)
Our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards. Our Total Rewards include:
- Health, wellness and risk benefits to protect employees and their families
- Retirement savings, stock purchase and other incentive programs to help employees plan for the future
- Holiday, paid-time-off and other employee programs that support work-life balance
- Support for pursuing certifications, external education and degree programs
- Learning, development and career advancement opportunities
- Ways to get involved in, and give back to, our communities, including paid time off for volunteering and charitable donation matching
- The salary range for this position is targeted for $145,000 to $185,000 plus discretionary bonus. Base pay offered may vary depending on job related knowledge, skills, and experience.
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 accommodations@FranklinTempleton.com . In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment 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.