Senior Sports Designer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group's Kansas City Office has an opening for a Senior Designer to support the growth of our Private Markets
. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

DLR Group’s Sports Studio is helping define the future of sport and entertainment. Today’s fans seek more than participation. They expect connection, community, and memorable experiences. This shift is redefining the role of venues, moving beyond passive viewing to creating a sense of belonging. At the same time, the demands on athletes continue to evolve. Their environments must support not only development and high performance, but also overall well-being.

From training and recovery to mental health, nutrition, team dynamics, and life beyond sport, today’s athletes require spaces designed for holistic human performance.

At DLR Group, We Don’t Just Respond To Change;
We Define It. As a Senior Sports Designer, You Will Help Shape Next‑generation Environments That

• Create memorable experiences through immersive, emotionally engaging design
• Foster authentic community by promoting connection, belonging, and shared energy
• Elevate athlete performance and well‑being through integrated, holistic environments

As a Senior Designer at DLR Group, you will collaborate with our multi‑disciplinary design teams to design projects from conception through construction documents and support the project team through construction administration for a variety of project types and sizes. As part of our integrated design teams, you will create buildings that elevate the human experience through design.

You will partner directly with the Client Leader and Project Manager to ensure the quality of project documents, meet Client responsibilities, support DLR Group's financial goals, and facilitate team collaboration and communication.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset, this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee‑owned, and as such, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to own a stake in the Firm. We rely on all our employee‑owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

• Provide planning, design, and coordination for projects of varying sizes, including large, complex projects.
• Be a client‑facing design leader, actively leading teams and client interaction, generating storylines and designs that inspire clients and partners, capturing the essence of the client’s institutional goals and manifesting them in creative design solutions.
• Independently apply advanced architectural concepts and designs as well as carry out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
• Engage and guide innovative idea generation within the integrated team in pursuit of design excellence.
• Review cost estimates for alignment with the design.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to your team’s design/architectural staff.
• Responsible for applying DLR Group practice standards to project deliverables across the project team.
• Demonstrate a strong foundation of comprehensive design and technical skillsets.
• Engage and guide innovative idea generation within the integrated team in pursuit of design excellence.
• Actively lead project and integrated team collaboration by generating design ideas and solutions.
• Effectively communicate with project team members through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
• Engage peers and specialty experts to proactively develop holistic solutions.
• Meet deliverable deadlines to maintain the overall project schedule.
• Manage time in alignment with the project work plan.
• Respect construction and material costs in alignment with the project budget.

• Ten or more years of professional experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in…