What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle Office Product Onboarding Team Lead position at American Century Investments?
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 Middle Office Product Onboarding Team Lead is responsible for delivering and continuously improving the end-to-end onboarding of new financial vehicles while playing a critical role in transforming and consolidating onboarding activities across the organization. This role operates at the intersection of operations, data, risk, and technology—driving standardization, scalability, and investment readiness. As a senior individual contributor and functional lead, the Team Lead will guide complex product onboarding, influence cross-functional partners, and act as a catalyst for process redesign and operating model evolution. This role is designed for a high-impact professional who thrives in ambiguity and is motivated to lead change without formal authority. This role reports to the Middle Office Product Onboarding Manager.
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
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.
American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
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 Middle Office Product Onboarding Team Lead is responsible for delivering and continuously improving the end-to-end onboarding of new financial vehicles while playing a critical role in transforming and consolidating onboarding activities across the organization. This role operates at the intersection of operations, data, risk, and technology—driving standardization, scalability, and investment readiness. As a senior individual contributor and functional lead, the Team Lead will guide complex product onboarding, influence cross-functional partners, and act as a catalyst for process redesign and operating model evolution. This role is designed for a high-impact professional who thrives in ambiguity and is motivated to lead change without formal authority. This role reports to the Middle Office Product Onboarding Manager.
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 end‑to‑end onboarding of new investment vehicles (institutional accounts, CITs, ETFs, mutual funds, SMAs, models), ensuring full operational, data, custody, trading, and regulatory readiness prior to go‑live.
- Drive transformation of the product onboarding operating model by reducing fragmentation, standardizing processes, and consolidating activities across teams and regions.
- Actively manage priorities across initiatives and serve as a key bridge between product management, technology, and product development to ensure alignment with strategic enablement objectives and Enablement Operations Committee outcomes.
- Champion standardization of onboarding checklists, documentation, controls, metrics, and data standards to improve scalability, transparency, and consistency.
- Identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and pain points in current onboarding practices and lead remediation through redesigned workflows, controls, and governance.
- Act as a senior escalation point and onboarding “gatekeeper,” proactively identifying, assessing, and resolving complex risks, dependencies, and readiness gaps.
- Embed strong operational risk management by ensuring onboarding risks are identified early, documented, escalated appropriately, and incorporated into continuous improvement efforts.
- Provide functional leadership and mentorship to onboarding staff while acting as a catalyst for change, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in middle office, investment operations, or product onboarding within financial services.
- Strong understanding of financial products, investment vehicles, and regulatory considerations.
- Solid foundation in the trade life cycle, market participants, and vehicle structures.
- Demonstrated experience driving process improvement or change initiatives.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complexity into practical solutions.
- Proven ability to influence across teams without direct authority.
- Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency with operational systems, data tools, and onboarding workflows.
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
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
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.
American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
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