The best-integrated design firm in the world has an opening for a creative, innovative, and customer-focused Client Leader in our K-12 Sector.

We are 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.

Location:

• Kansas City

As a?Client Leader?at DLR Group you will be responsible for leading client engagement from marketing through the construction phase for our K-12 Sector. As a part of an integrated design team, you will participate in the creation of buildings that elevate the human experience through design.

Position Summary

In this role you will be involved in business development, lead and manage contract negotiations, as well as inform clients about our design procedures. Collaborating with project managers is essential to ensuring the financial well-being and effective completion of our projects, while also maintaining regular communication with clients throughout their project's duration. You will have direct interaction with and engage our local and national resources to pursue and deliver projects. An effective Client Leader maintains client contact for the duration of the project, supports a work environment that fosters innovation, and provides a positive responsiveness to the client’s goals and objectives.

The successful candidate will:

• Have an appreciation and passion for leading an integrated design team.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of coordination aspects related to requirements of all design disciplines.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong organizational skills.
• Be a growth agent to the K-12 Sector in collaboration with other sector leaders including business development professionals.
• Ensure all DLR Group practice standards are followed during the duration of the project.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to develop and adhere to the project work plan and schedule.
• Lead the contract negotiations and approve all contract changes.
• Ensure timely processing of invoices and engage client for prompt payment.
• Mentor team members and participate in hiring, training, and onboarding of new staff.
• Participate in in-house training activities to further develop your skills and abilities.
• Ability to travel as projects require.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in a client-facing role for multiple K-12 projects.
• 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Client Leader.
• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, or related fields.
• Licensed Professional.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include: medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V