Project Manager, Product Development (Remote ON)

Aurora Cannabis Inc.; Ontario; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global cannabis company is seeking a Project Manager for their Product Development team. In this exciting role, you will lead and manage new product development projects, ensuring they meet business needs and are delivered on time. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and external vendors, utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. This position offers a dynamic work environment where you can thrive and contribute to meaningful projects that improve lives. Join a passionate team dedicated to excellence and innovation in the cannabis industry.

Benefits

Flexible Work Environment

Competitive Salary

Stock Options

Health and Dental Care

Tuition Assistance

Employee Discounts

Paid Volunteer Time

Annual Bonuses

Modern Technology

Snacks and Beverages

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in managing product development projects.
• Knowledge of regulatory and process control objectives.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute projects within a Stage-Gate framework.
• Liaise with cross-functional stakeholders for requirements.
• Provide leadership to project teams and ensure alignment.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering

Tools

Project Management Software

Collaboration Tools

Job description

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Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you!

We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71, Greybeard and Whistler.

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We thinkBIG, actBOLDand execute withPURPOSEin all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

PROJECT MANAGER, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Type: Full-Time - 40 hours/week
Location: Remote ON

Aurora Cannabis inc. is currently looking for a PROJECT MANAGER to join our Product Development team in Science and Innovation. Working closely with stakeholders across the Aurora organization, throughout Operations, Commercial teams, as well as external vendors, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that new product development projects are delivered to meet the business’s needs.

The Project Manager will lead, track and manage deliverables that are critical to the success of the product development process. Prioritization, facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communications will be key skills to ensure success.

As a Project Manager, Product Development you will be responsible for:

• Plan, execute, and monitor various concurrent projects within a Stage-Gate framework to ensure that they are delivered on schedule and to specifications.
• Liaise with cross-functional project stakeholders to collect requirements and maintain effective communication.
• Work closely with Operations team members to successfully launch products and ensure scalability and support efficient commercialization.
• Understand regulatory and process control objectives of products and processes.
• Provide leadership to the project team and work with team members to achieve common objectives, and ensure strategy and prioritization is front-of-mind.
• Gather and record feedback to prioritize new features and improve product performance and manufacturability.
• Pivot between waterfall and agile project management frameworks, as required.
• Develop and implement effective reporting to keep project stakeholders and senior management informed on key project metrics.

You’re the ideal candidate if you have…

• Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering field.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in managing the development of new products or new technologies.
• Experience managing projects involving multi-disciplinary teams operating in a fast-paced environment.
• PMP, CAPM or Agile equivalent certification would be considered an asset.
• Experience working in consumer-packaged goods, cannabis, pharmaceuticals, or agri-tech would be considered an asset, in particular within GMP environments.
  

Bonus Points if you have…

• Familiar with Project Management and collaborative communications applications.
• Able to prioritize and be flexible, while maintaining efficiency.
• Robust project management skill set.
• Strong work ethic, highly motivated and enjoys a challenge
• Detail conscious and result oriented
• High level of professionalism, integrity and customer-centric orientation.
• Willing and able to learn new skills and concepts quickly
• Enjoys a multi-faceted and dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work effectively with a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Problem solving and analysis, strategic thinking.

Why you’ll love working at Aurora
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it…

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance in all that you do.
  
• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
  
• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dental care premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and amedical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with$1,500of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).
  
• Life-long learning: we’re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
  
• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.
• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helpsyougrowand provide people better days with medical cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways!We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity.

Not the role for you? That’s okay! Visit our careers page to find the perfect opportunity for you or share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think would be a great fit (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).

Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know.

If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.

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