Senior Manager, Water Strategy

Role Summary

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is seeking a Manager of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure to lead wet utility infrastructure development across our data center portfolio. This role involves developing strategies for securing water and wastewater infrastructure, managing external relationships, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Essential Responsibilities

• Prepare and implement strategy for water assessment, commercial certainty, and compliance across a portfolio of data center projects

• Develop customer and external-facing water narrative for Rowan to support sustainability and high-quality digital infrastructure goals

• Monitor external factors affecting water and develop strategy to address risks

• Assess water risk and delivery feasibility for potential data center sites

• Manage external relationships with local water authorities and partners to ensure sufficient supply and rights

• Facilitate and coordinate communication and cross-team coordination between internal and external water stakeholders

• Oversee compliance with water withdrawals and ensure compliance with end-user agreements

• Organize, review, and evaluate water and wastewater monitoring data to compare against agreements, identify anomalies, and establish best practices

• Implement Rowan’s water stewardship program in collaboration with the Sustainability lead and project teams

Education, Skills, And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering or similar

• 7+ years professional experience in water and wastewater infrastructure projects

• Technical expertise related to industrial water use and wastewater discharge, water efficiency techniques, and water policy and permitting

• Experience with water and wastewater infrastructure construction and operations for data centers (preferred)

• Experience with NPDES permits, industrial pre-treatment permits, and decentralized wastewater systems (preferred)

• Experience working with water and wastewater utilities in the United States (preferred)

• Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and consultants (preferred)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, and highly cross-functional environment

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills