Our Culture
Purpose and principles guide who we are and what we do.
Bringing New Meaning to Healthy Returns
More than two decades ago, our founder had an audacious idea: Use profits from his investment firm to end diseases that touch everyone, like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Every year 40% of our profits go to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research .
Why? Following their personal experiences with cancer, our founder, Jim Stowers Jr., and his wife, Virginia, wanted to give something back more valuable than money. So they focused on health by establishing and giving much of their wealth to the Stowers Institute. This inspires every employee and encourages us to hold ourselves to a higher standard for clients—and our world.
Working for American Century Investments (ACI) isn’t just a job; you can help create a healthier society for everyone.
Employees at 11 office locations around the globe.
Total dividends distributed to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research since 2000.*
"Knowing a significant percentage of our profits go directly to a world-class, biomedical research institute only adds more positive incentive for everyone to go the extra mile."
Making Each Other Stronger
The foundation of our company is people—how we treat each other and our clients. This is based on our belief that culture and belonging go hand in hand in supporting the growth of each person and celebrating their unique differences.
Embodying our culture and belonging approach are the employee-led business resource groups (BRGs). These communities come together around shared experiences and interests, and are open to everyone who values learning, connection and inclusion.
Whether at the water cooler or through company-wide discussions, these groups help us understand the world more broadly and deeply, making us better together.
Accelerate: Women of American Century
Charlie Mike: Veterans and First Responders
Emerging Professionals: New, Changing Careers and Returning Workers
Enable: People with Disabilities—Apparent and Not
Mosaic: Multicultural and Ethnic Employees
Pride: LGBTQ+
Supporting a Healthy Culture
Nurturing a positive, high-performing environment requires commitment and discipline. Our corporate focus centers on three strategic areas: employee engagement, talent development and community partnerships.
Employee Engagement
Foster a culture where every employee feels they truly belong and can be their authentic selves at work.
Talent Development
Integrate culture and belonging into our key people initiatives to attract, develop and retain highly skilled talent.
Community Partnerships
Actively engage with our communities and build corporate partnerships to create meaningful connections that extend beyond our workplace.
The more we build an atmosphere of belonging and collaboration to harness innovative ideas, the stronger we will be.
Challenging and Inspiring Ourselves and Our Teams
These Winning Behaviors are the foundation of our culture and the key characteristics we look for when hiring, developing talent and assessing performance.
Client Focused
• Inspires the trust and confidence of those we serve
• Helps our clients become successful, putting their needs and interests first
• Ensures client outcomes drive team and individual actions
• Applies expertise, creativity and proactivity to help clients win
Courageous and Accountable
• Adheres to the highest ethical standards and business practices, and supports a culture of compliance
• Constructively challenges the status quo and raises ideas, even if they are controversial
• Makes tough decisions, sometimes with limited information
• Takes ownership for outcomes and acts in the best interests of the firm
Collaborative
• Values diversity and inclusion, and proactively seeks input and ideas different from my own
• Inspires people to think beyond their area of expertise and strive to make us better
• Treats everyone with kindness and professional courtesy, addressing issues directly and respectfully
• Values teamwork, mutual support and helping others be successful
Curious and Adaptable
• Constantly learns about our business, the industry and the world—adapts quickly
• Anticipates emerging trends and client needs, and acts proactively
• Embodies change leadership
• Continually evaluates and makes improvements in how we do business
Competitively Driven
• Passionate about our industry and clients
• Attracts and develops talented people—those with drive, integrity and sincerity
• Understands that we win our way—with our values and as a team, executing smarter and faster than the competition
• Seeks opportunities to create competitive capabilities through innovation
Celebrating Each Other
Beyond Awards: A Standard of Excellence
Each year, we gather to celebrate the individuals and teams chosen for their significant impact on our clients and their contributions to our organization. This extraordinary recognition event brings us all together to honor the nominees and award recipients.
We know that great things happen all the time, so we also make it easy to applaud the efforts of our teammates throughout the year.
Nothing Succeeds Like a Team
Transparency and collaboration are vital to how we work as a team—from leadership to all areas of the firm. That’s why we regularly host company-wide meetings where our CEO, Jonathan Thomas, and other leaders and experts communicate updates, announcements and initiatives.
Another compelling way that we cultivate our culture is with our employee-led Business Resource Groups. These teams work tirelessly to provide learning and development opportunities, highlighting the unique strengths that elevate powerful, authentic representation in the workplace.
Coming together allows every employee to move forward and make a positive impact.
"We have a unique culture here. We have struck a balance of being collegial and competitive, and it’s helped us as a firm get better."
Living Our Values
We seek a higher rate of return. Not just in dollars, but in lives improved, dreams reached and a world made better.
When Jim and Virginia Stowers founded the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, they set the ultimate example of how financial success can be a force for good. Our values include a fierce commitment to helping others, and our employees rise to the challenge to give back in meaningful ways.
Through our VIP (Volunteer with Impact and Purpose) employee volunteer programs, we support charitable organizations in our communities. Additionally, our Dollars for Donors matching-gifts program supports employees’ contributions of time and money to their favorite 501(c)(3) organizations with generous donations.
Explore Your Opportunities
Find the career that’s right for you.
Please be aware that scammers are posting fake American Century Investments job opportunities and/or impersonating our employees with phony job offers.
What can job seekers do? Please verify job openings and work locations through American Century Investments’ career webpage or LinkedIn page.
What else to be aware of? Scammers are typically contacting people through email, phone or chat applications. Sometimes the initial contact is via email and then through a chat application such as WhatsApp. Job offers might sound urgent, almost like the person has been pre-selected for a chosen position. And the job seeker is required to provide money for training with the promise of the payment being returned.
As part of our hiring process, we never request payment or send reimbursement checks. We also don’t solicit bank account details, tax forms, credit card information, or copies of government-issued identification.
If you believe you have been exposed to a scam, please email HR-TalentAcquisition@americancentury.com. Also, report the fraudulent activity to the site where the fake job posting appeared and/or the platform through which you were contacted.
EEO Policy Statement
American Century Investments is committed to an equal employment opportunity workforce and believes all individuals are entitled to employment and advancement opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by law. Discrimination or adoption of any policy that discriminates against an individual or group of individuals on any of these bases is strictly prohibited.
*As of 12/31/2024.