Senior Project Manager in Winnipeg

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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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.