Senior Project Manager

About Adaptive Water Adaptive Water is redefining how water-intensive facilities source, treat, use, and reuse water across Texas. We design, build, and operate facility-scale systems that harvest and reuse multiple alternative supplies—stormwater, wastewater, graywater, and brackish groundwater—eliminating dependence on potable water for applications that don't require it. Texas' water crisis is urgent. The 2022 State Water Plan projected that by 2030, demand would exceed supply by approximately 20%—and that analysis predated the data center boom now accelerating water stress across the state. Conventional, once-through water systems are no longer viable in Texas' increasingly arid climate, forcing large industrial facilities, municipalities, agriculture, and ecosystems into direct competition for scarce resources. Texas needs more than incremental efficiency improvements to a fundamentally broken water supply model. Adaptive Water is building a new water supply paradigm to secure Texas' water future—join us. About the Role As Project Manager, your first project will be to lead end-to-end delivery of a complex, high-stakes water infrastructure project for a gigascale data center campus. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to demonstrate how Texas' rapidly expanding data center ecosystem can achieve water resilience, without dewatering or polluting communities or ecosystems. You'll lead the planning, design, construction, and commissioning of a multi-source onsite water system engineered to support hyperscale computing infrastructure in one of Texas' most water-constrained regions. Success requires technical excellence, creative problem-solving, stakeholder coordination across public and private entities, and the ability to navigate complex regulatory environments. Adaptive is an early-stage startup. In this role, you’ll establish the processes, standards, and team culture that will define how Adaptive's Project Management Office delivers projects as we grow. You will work directly with the CEO and founding leadership team alongside leading water engineers, policy experts, and conservation scientists across Texas. What You'll Do Direct all phases of project execution from scoping through commissioning for hyperscale data center water infrastructure supporting 5+ GW capacity Develop and manage comprehensive project plans including schedules, budgets, resource allocation, risk registers, and performance metrics Coordinate across engineering teams, specialized subcontractors, equipment manufacturers, regulatory agencies, and client stakeholders Translate Adaptive's technical vision into executable project strategy with clear milestones and deliverables Establish quality assurance protocols ensuring systems meet performance specifications and regulatory requirements Navigate complex permitting processes across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks Manage public-private partnership dynamics, including coordination with munic...