Senior Resilience & Continuity Lead

American Century Investments; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

Generous PTO

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Mentorship program

Live and online learning

Job summary

American Century Investments is seeking a Senior Resiliency Advisor to join our Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Resiliency team in a hybrid KC office. You will lead and mature the organization’s business continuity, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience programs, ensuring critical operations stay resilient through disruptions.

You will partner with business and technology teams, perform impact analyses, design recovery strategies, and guide governance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, operational resilience, technology risk, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading enterprise business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, or operational resilience programs, including business impact analysis, continuity planning, testing, and governance.
• Strong understanding of technology and operational environments, including applications, infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, data protection, facilities, and third-party dependencies.
• Proven ability to assess resilience risks, identify recovery gaps, and translate business recovery requirements into practical operational and technology solutions.
• Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, recovery testing, and incident response or crisis management activities, including driving corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Exceptional communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions, present complex risk concepts to diverse audiences, and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to participate in an established after-hours crisis and recovery support rotation.
• Demonstrates American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously enhance our business continuity and cyber resilience program, helping the organization prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptions.
• Partner with business and technology teams to identify critical processes, recovery priorities, dependencies, and resilience requirements, translating insights into practical recovery strategies.
• Guide business impact analyses, continuity planning, governance activities, and program reporting to ensure a consistent and effective approach across the organization.
• Assess recovery capabilities, identify gaps and risks, and work with leaders to prioritize improvements that strengthen operational resilience.
• Design and facilitate tabletop exercises, recovery testing, and other readiness activities that improve preparedness and cross-functional coordination.
• Support response efforts during significant disruptions by helping leaders coordinate information, align decisions, and drive effective recovery actions.
• Collaborate with risk, legal, vendor management, and business partners to address resilience risks associated with critical third-party providers.
• Deliver meaningful reporting, training, and advisory support that promotes a culture of resilience and enables continuous improvement.

Skills

Risk management

Tabletop exercises

Crisis management

Stakeholder management

Cyber resilience

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information systems, risk management, business, or related field

Job description

American Century Investments is seeking a Senior Resiliency Advisor to join our Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Resiliency team in a hybrid KC office. You will lead and mature the organization’s business continuity, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience programs, ensuring critical operations stay resilient through disruptions.

You will partner with business and technology teams, perform impact analyses, design recovery strategies, and guide governance.