Sports Managing Principal

Job Description
AECOM is looking for a dynamic leader to usher our Kansas City, MO based sports practice into the next chapter of industry leading excellence. The right person will bring a combination of entrepreneurialism, holistic leadership, and passion for leveraging interdisciplinary capabilities towards making a better world through the communities and cultures supported by integrated sports and entertainment projects.
Our Sports studio is an established leader in the market with over three decades of success. This large practice focuses it’s work on everything from performance and development facilities to primary competition venues, ranging anywhere from small collegiate clients to the largest of professional leagues and franchises.  We look to combine beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects and believe these values can be instilled in any project regardless of size or budget.
Our Buildings + Places Business Line embodies the spirit of a nimble, fully integrated design firm within a fully global infrastructure organization. Our culture is dynamic, offering autonomy and the feel of a smaller, collaborative studio backed by the resources of a large interdisciplinary firm. Services include architecture, interiors, building and system engineering, urbanism, and planning (inclusive of landscape design), strategy +, economics, technology solutions, asset advisory, and cost and program management.  This diverse team assists our clients from strategy through project realization, creating positive outcomes for those who occupy and use the buildings and environments we help to create.
Job Summary/Responsibilities
Responsible for the growth, profitability, and strategy for AECOM Buildings + Places, Kansas City based Sports Practice.
Drives execution of tactical business plans in collaboration with regional business line leader.
Works with the regional business line leader, global market sector leaders and account management leads to grow a profitable business by developing and implementing location specific growth plans.
Represents AECOM as a leader in the Sports architecture industry.
Provides industry leadership across the sports market.
Manages and leads client relationships.
Provides guidance and coaching to business development, account management and other Kansas City staff.
Is a member of the region management team, focused on optimizing the overall performance of the region.