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National Design Director - Sports Architecture

HNTB
full-time
Kansas City, MO
Posted 10/22/2026

Job Description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for achieving the firm’s design goals by providing leadership, creativity and mentorship throughout the practice. Works directly with the firm leaders, office leaders, design directors to develop and implement strategies to accomplish goals within the strategic and design plans. Leverages design value across the firm for those projects and pursuits deemed critical to growth of the organization.

What You’ll Do:

  • Works in conjunction with each Office Design Leader to coordinate and produce a consistently high quality design product achieving HNTB's 4 for 4 standards (Consistent delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client's satisfaction on every project).

  • Instills a design culture of excellence by conducting regular project design reviews within all offices to ensure project design performance.

  • Leads the development and implementation of the activities of the National Design Committee.

  • Provides HNTB an active link to academia through studio and advisory council participation.

  • Represents HNTB at the national level within professional and design societies.

  • Works closely with Officers by representing design with strategic planning framework.

  • Assists Office Leaders in the hiring, supervision, development and evaluation of the design staff throughout the organization.

  • Actively participates in the development and presentation of pursuit strategies across all market sectors within the firm.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Planning as appropriate to the specific core practice and 15 years of experience in progressively responsible positions, ideally with a large, multi-discipline firm

  • 10 years’ experience in design of complex projects

What You'll Bring:

  • Successful experience in design of major projects, with a demonstrated track record of winning key commissions and elevating the design product

  • Proven leadership skills in attracting, mentoring and retaining talented staff who deliver results.

  • Demonstrated client management and relationship building skills

What We Prefer:

  • 20 years of experience

  • Master’s degree

  • Registered Professional in good standing with appropriate governing authority (AIA, AICP, NCARB, PE, etc.)

Additional Information

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Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Kansas City, MO, Los Angeles, CA (Figueroa Street), New York, NY

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The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $207,686.38 - $331,758.78. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate pay range for New York is $225,746.07 - $360,607.36. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Architecture Group

ReqID: R-31301

About the job

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Salary

$207,686.38 - $331,758.78 / year

Job Type

full-time

Location

Kansas City, MO

Categories

LeadershipDesign

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