Senior Product Planning Specialist

Senior Product Planning Specialist

The Senior Product Planning Specialist is responsible for the management and coordination of projects throughout the lifetime of our investment products. This includes planning new launches, launching a variety of investment vehicles, changes to existing investment vehicles, and liquidation of unsuccessful products. The successful candidate will manage these processes from initial planning to delivery, inclusive of cross-team and cross-organizational activities and results.

You will help plan these actions in conjunction with Global Product leadership and Product Management, then you are the primary liaison for the project roadmap and have accountability for successful execution. You will collaborate across all areas of the firm, helping to identify impacts and risks associated with the projects. Once in progress you will have responsibility for communicating status to all relevant stakeholders and for driving efficient decision-making on potential issues that may arise.

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

• Lead all phases of the product lifecycle, including, but not limited to project plan creation, kickoffs, and internal status meetings, handling timeline, communication with key stakeholders, achievements, and deliverables
• Work with key stakeholders to identify risks, plan for risk response, and mitigation and proactively monitor project risks and resolutions
• Strategic partner for product leadership team members to evaluate resource constraints, prioritize workflows, broker decisions, and identify trade-offs in conjunction with operational infrastructure
• Support scrum of scrum and PI planning sessions by clearly representing product initiatives
• Assist and communicate effectively with all levels of leadership in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation
• Assess all impacted stakeholders across the firm, and ensure effective inputs and communication to them as part of processes
• Collaborating with product, investments, operations, and distribution team members to ensure business requirements are effectively built and shared with appropriate teams for execution
• Demonstrate understanding of, contribute to, and communicate the product's vision to support teamsunderstanding both internal and external rationales for the product action

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

Additional Assets (Preferred)

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

What We Offer

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.