Senior Director, Investment Risk & Quant Analytics

Franklin Templeton; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin Templeton's Canvas platform seeks a Director of Investment Risk & Quantitative Analysis to advance risk analytics across portfolio construction and tax-aware investing in Stamford, CT.

You will partner with Portfolio Management, Research, and Enterprise Risk teams to validate models, improve tracking error, and develop scalable analytics using Python or C# and SQL. Hybrid work with in-office collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Investment Risk, Quantitative Research, or related roles in asset management.
• Strong background in risk management, portfolio optimization, and direct indexing.
• Experience with tax-aware investment strategies and tax alpha.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and drive Investment Risk and Quantitative Analysis strategy for Canvas products.
• Present findings to Canvas Management and risk teams.
• Own ongoing risk reporting, issue analysis, and resolution.
• Build independent portfolio optimizations to validate outputs.
• Evaluate and improve Tax Alpha model and tax-loss harvesting analysis.
• Design advanced risk checks using Aladdin and Barra with direct indexing data.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Management and Research to iterate models.
• Analyze portfolio performance drivers including return and volatility.

Skills

Investment risk

Portfolio optimization

Direct indexing

Tax alpha

Python

SQL

Aladdin

Barra

Quantitative research

Data analysis

Tools

Aladdin

Barra

Canvas

Job description

Franklin Templeton's Canvas platform seeks a Director of Investment Risk & Quantitative Analysis to advance risk analytics across portfolio construction and tax-aware investing in Stamford, CT.

You will partner with Portfolio Management, Research, and Enterprise Risk teams to validate models, improve tracking error, and develop scalable analytics using Python or C# and SQL. Hybrid work with in-office collaboration.