Cyber Resiliency Advisor

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

We are seeking a dedicated Cyber Resiliency Advisor to join our Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Resiliency team in a full-time, in-house capacity. This role is an integral part of our Information Technology team and is responsible for driving our Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management programs. The main responsibility of the Cyber Resiliency Advisor is to develop and maintain continuity of operations plans, technology recovery strategies, facilitate and advise during critical business events.

This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, Missouri 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

• Partner with key stakeholders to achieve business objectives and cyber resiliency initiatives.
• Develop and implement strategies and roadmaps for resilience, including crisis management, emergency response, business continuity, pandemic, and disaster recovery plans.
• Implementation of corporate resiliency policies and procedures. Coordinate to develop, evaluate and audit continuity plans for all business units and recovery plans for data centers, applications, and processes.
• Lead business impact analysis, determining criticality of business processes and recovery strategies.
• Facilitate identification and mapping of important business functions, including dependencies on people, technology, facilities, third parties, applications, resources, and data.
• Develop and coordinate business continuity testing methodologies, including tabletop exercises and simulations.
• Manage emergency notification systems and provide ongoing support for Cyber Resiliency across all business units.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• A Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information systems or related field, or a combination of education and related work experience.
• At least 10 years validated experience in regulations, compliance requirements, and business continuity/disaster recovery management trends.
• General knowledge of IT, information security, network, facilities management, and physical security & safety.
• Ability to be on call 24/7 for disaster recovery/crisis management events.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a self-motivated and organized approach.
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Additional Assets (Preferred)

• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP, Disaster Recovery Institute International) or equivalent Professional (Business Continuity Institute) accreditation.

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 sc