Senior Project Manager

Job Location - Remote with with flexibility to travel as required

Employment Type - Full Time Permanent

Hours - 40 hours per week

Salary - $120,000-128,000 CAD annually

A LITTLE ABOUT US

Aurora is proud to be a global leader in the cannabis industry. With a smart strategy, unmatched talent and focus on our long-term success, we believe we have a bright future.

At Aurora, we’re passionate about helping patients improve their lives through high-quality premium medical cannabis under brands they can trust and rely on. Our products, available across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, include leading brands like Pedanios, IndiMed, San Raf, Tasty’s, Whistler, Greybeard and CraftPlant.

Our diverse team works passionately across various roles, from manufacturing to corporate positions, and many more, united by our purpose: Opening the World to Cannabis. Enabled by science and empowered by people, for patients and consumers. We collaborate globally, embrace change with courage, stay agile, and treat everyone with compassion. We live our values daily, making a meaningful impact on patients, communities, and our A-Team.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager, PMO is responsible for leading complex, enterprise-scale projects and strategic programs that enable business transformation, operational excellence, growth, and organizational change within the highly regulated and evolving cannabis environment.

As a key member of the Project Management Office (PMO), this role partners closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to translate strategic priorities into structured, executable programs with clear outcomes through governance, accountability, and measures of success.

The Senior Project Manager will lead initiatives that may span operations, manufacturing, cultivation, quality, regulatory, supply chain, etc. Projects may include business and operational integration, process and systems harmonization, organizational transitions, new capabilities, product or market initiatives, site changes, and other enterprise transformation priorities.

This role will also contribute to the continued evolution and maturity of the PMO by strengthening governance, portfolio visibility, project discipline, resource planning, risk management, and consistent delivery practices across the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects and programs from business case and initiation through planning, budgeting, execution, implementation, benefits realization, and closure.
• Partner with senior leadership and functional stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into clearly defined project objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, accountabilities, and measurable business outcomes.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance through project charters, integrated project plans, decision frameworks, RAID logs, resource plans, budgets, communication plans, change controls, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate initiatives across multiple functions, sites, and stakeholder groups, ensuring dependencies, critical paths, regulatory considerations, operational impacts, and competing priorities are effectively managed.
• Lead business integration and transformation initiatives requiring the alignment of people, processes, systems, operating practices, and organizational capabilities across functions or business areas.
• Support the harmonization and standardization of processes, systems, governance, and ways of working as the organization evolves, identifying opportunities to simplify operations and improve enterprise effectiveness.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and other functional teams to ensure project plans appropriately account for compliance requirements, validation activities, change controls, documentation, operational readiness, and other requirements associated with a regulated cannabis environment.
• Drive accountability across project teams by establishing clear ownership, monitoring commitments, resolving roadblocks, and ensuring timely delivery against agreed milestones.
• Develop and present concise executive-level reporting that provides visibility into project health, milestones, risks, decisions, financial considerations, dependencies, and overall portfolio performance.
• Support organizational change and operational readiness by assessing business impacts and developing stakeholder engagement, communication, transition, training, and adoption plans.
• Establish success measures and track project outcomes to ensure initiatives deliver intended operational, financial, compliance, capability, or strategic benefits
• Contribute to the ongoing development and maturity of the PMO through improved methodologies, governance frameworks, tools, templates, reporting standards, lessons learned, and project management practices.
• Facilitate project steering committees, working groups, workshops, and executive decision forums, ensuring decisions, actions, risks, and accountabilities are clearly documented and followed through.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of enterprise PMO practices, including project and program governance, portfolio management, risk management, resource planning, financial management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple functions, business units, sites, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong strategic and systems-thinking capabilities with the ability to connect enterprise objectives to operational execution.
• Experience leading business transformation, integration, process harmonization, organizational change, or complex operational transition initiatives.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and bring structure, clarity, governance, and accountability to complex or evolving business priorities.
• Strong understanding of project interdependencies, critical-path management, risk mitigation, change control, and benefits realization.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment across stakeholders with differing priorities.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to assess project trade-offs, resource requirements, risks, and business impacts.
• Excellent facilitation, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and decisions.
• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to simplify processes, strengthen governance, and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Understanding of cannabis, pharmaceutical, CPG, food manufacturing, life sciences, or another highly regulated environment is considered a strong asset.
• Knowledge of regulatory, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercialization considerations within the Canadian cannabis industry is considered an asset.

Education and Experience

• 8–10+ years of progressive experience in project and/or program management roles
• Proven experience leading complex, enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives
• Experience managing and operating within a formal PMO framework and governance structure
• PMP certification or equivalent project management designation preferred
• Experience with organizational change management methodologies considered a strong asset
• Experience within manufacturing, operations, pharmaceutical, CPG, or regulated industries is considered an asset
• Experience with MS Project (and all other MS applications), Smartsheet, Lucidchart
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field preferred

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 with a competitive hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski-trips or staycations.

benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1,500 of 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 free 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 helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.

Next steps

Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system. The we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

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.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us at [email protected]