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About ACI

American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Founded in 1958, the firm’s 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, offering a wide range of investment strategies across a variety of investment disciplines.

We are committed to providing institutional-quality, actively managed solutions with a performance-centered mindset. Our expertise spans global growth equity, global value equity, disciplined equity, multi-asset strategies, global fixed income, alternatives and ETFs.

Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. This empowers us to align our decisions with client expectations and concentrate on their long-term money management needs.

Our culture of winning behaviors exemplifies our dedication to clients every single day. Delivering investment results enables us to distribute over 40% of our dividends—more than $1.8 billion — to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization with a controlling interest in American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer.

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.

For more information, please visit americancentury.com.

ACI is seeking a Data Architect and Modeling Lead with hands-on expertise in AWS cloud technologies and data architecture. Join our team and play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing data warehouses and analytics systems.

What You'll Do

Develop and implement data model designs, database development standards, implementation and management of data warehouses, and data analytics systems.
Set up entitlement, vending patterns, APIs, ingestion patterns, lake formation, and manage Redshift/Postgres databases with role access.
Develop and implement conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors for seamless functioning of the enterprise data system.
Manage end-to-end data architecture, from selecting the platform, designing the technical architecture, and implementing the proposed solution.
Design AWS data lake, Redshift, and ODS data stores in cloud.
Plan and implement big data solutions using AWS technologies.
Define and manage the data flow and information dissemination within the organization.
Integrate technical functionality to ensure data accessibility, accuracy, and security.
Continuously audit data management system performance, refine as needed, and report any breaches or loopholes to team members.

Who You Are

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field. Master's degree preferred but not required.
Minimum 6 years of software development and support experience, with a proven track record as an architect and modeler in AWS technologies. AWS certifications strongly preferred.
Strong knowledge of data architecture principles and guidelines with expertise in data architecture design and implementation.
Proficiency in APIs and design, along with cloud data modeling techniques, including Relational, Star, and Snowflake.
Experience using ER studio or other modeling tools.
Experience designing, extracting, transforming, and loading ETL flows and data vending patterns.
Deep understanding of enterprise data management policies and principles.
Highly motivated self-starter and strategic problem solver, capable of working both independently and collaboratively with teams.
Ability to provide technical and business guidance to both technical and non-technical staff.
Expertise in building technology systems and solutions for Big Data, Data Platforms, Business Intelligence, and Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW).
Experience building and maintaining key business relationships.
Experience using Agile Methodologies.
Strong willingness to continue to learn new technologies and to become an authority in the supported business areas.
Exemplify the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven, adheres to the highest ethical standards and business practices, and Supports a culture of compliance.

Hybrid Work environment. This position may be hired at ACI office locations - New York, Santa Clara, Kansas City and Southlake/DFW.

For those hired outside of Kansas City, MO, there may be some travel, at least once per quarter, to ACI Headquarters (KCMO)

For NY and CA based candidates, the salary range for this role is $130,000 - $165,000. Actual offers are based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s location, skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. This position is eligible for cash incentive providing the potential to earn more.

Additional Requirements

As a global firm with offices in several cities, we will uphold any local regulations regarding COVID-19 precautions and/or vaccination requirements for the workplace.

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.

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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CEO of American Century Investments

Jonathan S. Thomas

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By American Century Investments

American Century Investments is a leading asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Since our founding in 1958, American Cen...

12 jobs

FUNDING

Mature

INDUSTRY

Investment & Asset Management

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Kansas City, MO

DATE POSTED

August 4, 2023