R&D Project Manager

Nord Quantique; Sherbrooke; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nord Quantique is building its PMO to support and scale its scientific roadmap. The R&D Project Manager will coordinate and support execution of cross-functional projects, working with the Head of PMO to align priorities and milestones across engineering and research teams.

You will develop understanding of workflows, build relationships, and drive structured coordination in a dynamic R&D environment, with evolving responsibilities as the PMO matures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project coordination or project management.
• Experience supporting technical, scientific, or engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills.
• Organized and reliable, with a proactive approach to execution.
• Collaborative and empathetic, with an interest in team wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the execution of R&D projects across the organization.
• Act as a strategic operational partner to technical and management staff.
• Ensure priorities, dependencies, and milestones remain visible, aligned and actionable.
• Facilitate communication across interdisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate priorities, track progress, identify bottlenecks, and support execution in initial phase.
• As PMO matures, take on more ownership of coordination activities and contribute to PM practices.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Collaboration

Prioritization

Adaptability

Ambiguity handling

Cross-team collab

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or related field

Tools

Ms Project

Jira

ClickUp

Notion

Job description

R&D Project Manager at Nord Quantique, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. A mid-level full time position in the Engineering team, listed under business operations.

Our current needs

Nord Quantique is building its Project Management Office (PMO) to support and scale the execution of its scientific roadmap in a context of growing R&D complexity. As a Project Manager within this function, you will work under the guidance of the Head of PMO and play a key role in coordinating and supporting the execution of R&D projects across the organization. You will act as a strategic operational partner to technical and team leads, helping bring clarity, alignment, and structure to fast-moving and evolving research programs. Through hands-on involvement in day-to-day coordination, you will ensure that priorities, dependencies, and milestones remain visible, aligned, and actionable, while facilitating communication across interdisciplinary teams. In an initial phase, you will work closely with multiple R&D teams to coordinate priorities, track progress, identify bottlenecks, and support execution. This phase is critical for developing a deep understanding of team workflows, building strong working relationships, and ensuring consistency in project coordination practices. As the PMO matures, your role will progressively evolve toward increased ownership of project coordination activities and active contribution to the implementation and continuous improvement of project management practices, tools, and processes tailored to an exploratory R&D environment where priorities evolve and uncertainty is inherent. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of science, engineering, and operations, who thrives in dynamic and complex environments, and who is motivated by enabling technical teams to do their best work by bringing structure without rigidity. Working in close collaboration with technical and management staff at Nord Quantique, the chosen candidate will:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project coordination or project management.
• Experience supporting technical, scientific, or engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills
• Organized and reliable, with a proactive approach to execution
• Collaborative and empathetic, with an interest in team wellbeing
• Ability to prioritize tasks and coordinate multiple cross-functional team projects
• Excellent adaptability
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguity
• Skilled at building strong working relationships across technical and non-technical teams

Nice to Have

• Experience contributing to process or workflow improvements.
• Experience in deep-tech, quantum, or advanced R&D environments
• Familiarity with project-management frameworks (agile, hybrid, or research-adapted) and tools (Ms Project, Jira, ClickUp, Notion, etc.)