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 40% of our dividends every year—over $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 Recruiter or Senior Recruiter is a trusted talent partner responsible for attracting and hiring high-caliber talent that drives firm performance and culture. This role partners closely with hiring leaders and HR Business Partners to deliver thoughtful, informed hiring strategies and a best-in-class candidate experience across the full lifecycle.
You will lead searches across functions, proactively engage top talent, and influence hiring decisions through market insight and structured evaluation. As part of a collaborative, continuously improving Talent Acquisition team, you will also contribute to advancing our broader talent strategy and strengthening our position within the asset management industry.
This is an opportunity to shape hiring outcomes, influence business decisions, and help build a best-in-class recruiting function in a highly competitive talent market.
This role reports to the Director of Talent Acquisition.
This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City 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
- Serve as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and HR partners on talent strategy, market insights, and process design
- Own end-to-end recruiting execution, from intake through offer and onboarding
- Execute searches ranging from early career to senior individual contributor and leadership roles across investment, technical, and corporate functions, including niche and hard-to-fill roles
- Source and engage passive talent using creative, multi-channel strategies
- Deliver a high-quality, consistent candidate experience that reflects our brand
- Lead structured interview processes, including screening, calibration, and debrief facilitation
- Influence hiring decisions through evaluation and stakeholder alignment
- Create and implement sourcing strategies for specialized and competitive talent markets
- Partner on offer strategy, including positioning and closing top candidates
- Leverage data and reporting to track progress, identify trends, and improve outcomes
- Maintain accurate and compliant processes within Workday and recruiting workflows
- Contribute and lead recruiting projects as needed
What You Bring to the Team (Required)
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience (5+ for Senior Recruiter), ideally in complex or high-touch roles
- Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving hiring decisions
- Demonstrated sourcing capability with evidence of building passive talent pipelines and success in filling niche roles
- Highly organized and agile with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously
- Clear, professional communicator with strong stakeholder and candidate management skills
- Proactive, resourceful, and detail oriented with a commitment to delivering a high-quality experience
- Experience using recruiting tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems, Microsoft Office suite)
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
Additional Assets (Preferred)
- Financial services and/or investment management business knowledge and experience highly desired
- Experience improving recruiting processes, tools, or strategies
- Exposure to campus or early careers recruiting programs
- Experience with Workday Recruiting
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 [email protected]. 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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Skills Required
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience (5+ for Senior Recruiter)
- Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving hiring decisions
- Demonstrated sourcing capability with evidence of building passive talent pipelines and success in filling niche roles
- Highly organized and agile with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously
- Clear, professional communicator with strong stakeholder and candidate management skills
- Proactive, resourceful, and detail oriented with a commitment to delivering a high-quality experience
- Experience using recruiting tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems, Microsoft Office suite)
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors
American Century Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about American Century Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by American Century Investments.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, HSA contributions, EAP, condition‑specific programs, virtual care, and wellness amenities. Inclusive elements such as gender‑affirming care and a travel benefit for care not locally available are also highlighted.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support features a 401(k) match up to 5% plus an additional annual employer contribution tied to firm performance, alongside company‑paid life/AD&D and disability coverage. A broad menu of voluntary financial protections further bolsters long‑term security.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family benefits include 10 weeks paid parental leave for birth or adoption, backup dependent care, and caregiver leave. Adoption support is emphasized with recognition and up to $10,000 in eligible expense reimbursement.
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What We Do
American Century Investments® is a leading asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve health and save lives. It’s how we help our clients Prosper With Purpose™. Every day people are increasingly focused on investing to make the world a better place for themselves, their families, their organizations, and the world at large. It is possible to live a more meaningful and impactful life and give back something that’s more valuable than money. When you invest with us, you can also invest in the future of others and have the potential to impact the lives of millions. That’s possible because of the distinct relationship with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which owns more than 40% of American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide the ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer. Together we can become a powerful force for good…it’s like nothing you’ve seen before from an investment management firm.
