About Us
American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.
Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct over 40% of our profits every year—more than $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute’s breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.
All 1,400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative, the deep relationships we build with our clients, and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If you’re excited to learn more about us, we can’t wait to learn more about you.
Role Summary
The primary responsibility of a Business Consultant II is to develop relationships with key stakeholders to drive innovation and facilitate change. The Business Consultant II will work directly with Product Managers, Solutions Consultants, stakeholders, key vendors and agile teams to contribute to business case development and deliver solutions that benefit our clients. You will be a critical member of the team, accountable for driving change in the organization.
This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, MO office.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
How You Will Make an Impact

Business Transformation Influencer

• You will drive innovation, acting as a catalyst for transformation.
• You will be responsible for enforcing and adhering to Portfolio Management practices. You will provide feedback to evolve the process.

Product and Program Planning

• You will work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization to understand challenges and requirements.
• You demonstrate understanding of, contribute to, and communicate the product’s vision to the team, from the point of view of the customer, end-user, or partner.
• You will be responsible for leading the team through planning to define objectives and deliverables

Product and Program Execution

• You will be responsible for facilitating planning and execution of efforts within your domain
• You will use your experience to provide context to technology teams that will implement solutions
• You will validate business processes against business requirements and system functionality
• You will collaborate to maintain an effective and groomed backlog, with clearly defined acceptance criteria per story, so that the development teams are aware of expectations, priorities, and the roadmap of the product
• You will confirm that completed user stories meet their pre-determined acceptance criteria, and that quality is built into the product with every story
• You will coordinate dependencies with other Product Owners when deliverables are dependent on another team for completion
• You will act as a liaison between technical and non-technical users, ensuring parties involved have an understanding and gain knowledge of the application and/or business considerations
• You will serve as the knowledge resource, and single voice of the business, for questions from development teams for your domain
• You will communicate application/business knowledge to others across the company
• You will participate in team ceremonies (daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinements, retrospectives), PI Planning and Product Owner Sync meetings
• You will align team resources and their capacity to prioritized work
• You will be responsible for communicating process change, enhancements, project status and modifications to leadership
• You will be responsible for solving product related problems, making decisions, managing scope and staying on track to deliver commitments
• You will analyze and measure data to ensure full value of delivered business value

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• Highly motivated with excellent communication, leadership, and motivational skills
• Understanding of how to plan, prioritize, estimate, and deliver work efforts on time
• Willing to learn new tools and technologies to be able to work effectively in a rapid growth environment
• Understanding of business processes and policies to help drive success
• Has the ability to establish credibility and trust within the team and with business stakeholders
• Has time management skills to self-prioritize workload
• Has the ability to delegate effectively
• Detail oriented with a strong focus on quality, deadlines and reporting
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
• Generous PTO and competitive benefits
• 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning

Learn more about our benefits and perks.
Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.
American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR-Talent_Acquisition@americancentury.com. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.
American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.

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