Business Consultant II

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 a