R&D Project Manager

Entangled Future; Sherbrooke; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nord Quantique in Sherbrooke, QC, invites an experienced R&D Project Manager to join its Engineering team. You will help build and run the PMO, coordinate cross‑functional R&D programs, and ensure milestones, dependencies and priorities are visible and actionable.

Reporting to the Head of PMO, you will partner with scientists and engineers to bring structure to ambiguity, support execution, and contribute to continuous improvement of PMO tools and processes in a fast-moving, exploratory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years in project coordination or project management.
• Experience supporting technical, scientific, or engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and coordinate multiple cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support execution of R&D projects across the organization.
• Track progress, dependencies and milestones; maintain visibility.
• Act as a strategic operational partner to team leads.
• Facilitate communication across interdisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to PMO maturity and process improvements.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Organized and reliable

Proactive execution

Collaborative and empathetic

Ability to prioritize tasks

Adaptability

Structure to ambiguity

Cross-functional relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a 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.)