Project Manager, Product Development

**PROJECT MANAGER, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT**

**Job Location**: River Facility

**Employment Type**: Full-time permanent employment

**Division**: Product Development

**Hours**: 40 hours per week

**Salary Range**: $80,000 - $100,000 commensurate with experience

**A LITTLE ABOUT US**

We are a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We 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 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 think **BIG**, act **BOLD** and execute with **PURPOSE** in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

**JOB SUMMARY**

Are you a cannabis enthusiast with an energetic spirit? Are you looking to work with a fun group of people? If so, we would love to meet you

We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our Product Development team. Reporting to the Director, Product Development (Manufactured Products), the Project Manager, Product Development - Vapes & Concentrates will directly support end-to-end commercialization of new products across all of Aurora’s channels: Canadian Consumer, Canadian Medical and International.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Manage multiple concurrent projects from concept ideation through to commercial manufacturing
- As new products enter the innovation pipeline, projects will be assigned to the Project Manager to
- manage through the process and ensuring that all criteria are met before advancing through each stage-gate
- Document critical paths for all projects to identify and manage project risks
- Utilize the available project management tools to projects to ensure consistent sustainable processes
- Liaise with all relevant stakeholders to build out robust plans to drive the entire lifecycle of both strategic
- and operational initiatives
- Keep all dashboards and other tools up to date to provide visibility to all project stakeholders
- Consolidate master data required for all product launches, and feed that information to the
- relevant stakeholders and into the relevant systems
- When challenges are encountered, escalate issues through established channels to avoid unexpected
- delays or failures
- Support prioritization by flagging capacity issues within the Product Development team or in other cross
- functional departments
- Coordinate all necessary resources to ensure timely delivery of projects - be solutions-oriented to
- resolve issues which may impact the successful (and timely) completion of integrations projects
- Ensure that all project resources are adhering to proper governance (documentation, tools, best practices,
- etc)
- Report on project metrics to keep project stakeholders and senior management informed
- Other duties as assigned

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Motivated by a rapid business tempo and a desire to build a strong international company with a pristine reputation
- Ability to operate strategically and/or operationally, as the situation requires
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify potential hurdles and mitigate before they arise
- Demonstrated creativity and innovation in achieving business objectives
- Experience managing multiple projects involving multi-disciplinary teams operating in a fast-paced,
- innovation driven environment
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge and enthusiasm for the growing global cannabis industry is an asset

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**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE**:

- A Bachelor’s of Science or Engineering or equivalent experience is required
- 5+ years experience in a program/project management capacity is desired
- Experience working in a production environment is highly valued, specifically in the cannabis, pharmaceutical or food manufacturing industries
- PMP designation or equivalent certification is an asset

**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 compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.

**Total Rewards**: we will motivate you to go above and beyond