PMO IT Lead - Remote

PMO IT Lead

Job location: Ontario or Quebec (Working Remotely from these Provinces)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Division: Information Technology

Employment type: Full Time Permanent

A little about us

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you!

Aurora is opening the world to cannabis, serving both the medical and consumer markets across Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Aurora is a pioneer in global cannabis, dedicated to helping people improve their lives. The Company's adult-use brand portfolio includes Drift, San Rafael '71, Daily Special, Tasty's, Being and Greybeard. Medical cannabis brands include MedReleaf, CanniMed, Aurora and Whistler Medical Marijuana Co., as well as international brands, Pedanios, IndiMed and CraftPlant.

Aurora also has a controlling interest in Bevo Farms Ltd., North America's leading supplier of propagated agricultural plants. Driven by science and innovation, and with a focus on high-quality cannabis products, Aurora's brands continue to break through as industry leaders in the medical, wellness and adult recreational markets wherever they are launched.

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

Aurora Cannabis Inc. is currently seeking a IT PMO Lead who will report to the Director, IT Service Management & Security. This role is responsible for overseeing project governance, standardizing processes, and ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives. They drive the adoption of project management best practices, providing guidance, tools, and methodologies to enhance project execution and delivery. This role collaborates with IT and business stakeholders to monitor project portfolios, manage risks, and optimize resource allocation. Additionally, they establish key performance metrics, track project health, and support continuous improvement initiatives. The IT PMO Lead plays a critical role in fostering transparency, accountability, and efficiency across the IT project landscape. Sound interesting? Here’s more…

As the PMO IT Lead you will be involved in …

• Overseeing the IT PMO for the department.
• Owning the project intake process which identifies and categorizes value added business projects that require IT involvement. With the help of the business partners and IT SMEs, develop the high-level business requirements, the constraints, assumptions, risks budget, resources, scope, and timeline.
• supporting the IT team, create and own project templates and help foster adoption through IT and the business.
• Maintaining IT PMO methodologies, frameworks, and standards to ensure consistency across IT projects.
• Developing and maintain a PMO roadmap and strategy.
• Supporting IT portfolio management, including project prioritization, demand planning, and resource allocation.
• Developing and maintain reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into spend across the overall IT department project budget (CAPEX/OPEX), individual project performance, risks, and resource utilization on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually utilizing the Stop Light Methodology.
• Providing guidance, training, and mentorship to project managers and teams on PMO processes and tools.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supporting IT Senior Leadership, ensure alignment of IT projects with business objectives and strategic goals.
• Supporting and guide project managers in the execution of IT projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Managing IT project documentation, templates, and knowledge repositories.
• Driving project management best practices and is highly customer focused.
• Owning the internal PMO communication and works closely with IT communications when communicating with the business with consistency and transparency.
• Assisting of IT Senior Leadership, holds Project Managers accountable for budget, resources, timelines and outcome.
• Overseeing IT SDLC project governance, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, best practices including our IT General Control Framework.
• Leading SDLC process walkthroughs as part of the annual SOX audit.
• Owning project intake that need to be included in the upcoming Budget. Categorize projects appropriately according to Investment Council recommendations. For example, current categories are Growth, and Maintenance.
• Continuously assess and improve project management processes to ensure optimal project execution.
• Overseeing timesheet approvals for projects, collaborate with finance and procurement teams to track project budgets and financials. Assist with project setup and administration in the timesheet system.
• Working with PMs and coordinate with recruiting firms to onboard and renew contractors to support projects and the IT department.
• Experience providing data-driven fact-based metrics on the health of a project portfolio.

You would be the best fit for this role if you have…

• A degree in Computing Science, Technology, Engineering, Science, Business or related discipline considered an asset.
• Professional Project Management Certificate or greater (e.g., Project Management Institute (PMI), PRINCE2).
• 5 years of progressive experience in a project management, PMO, or a related role.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, ServiceNow, JIRA, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint), or similar platforms.
• Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in program/project management, portfolio management, systems development methodology and managing change.
• Ability to lead in a geographically distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer focused and can influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong work ethic, detail oriented, highly motivated and enjoys a challenge.
• High level of professionalism, integrity and ethics.
• Willing and able to learn new skills and concepts quickly.
• Enjoys a multi-faceted and dynamic work environment.
• Able to prioritize and be flexible, while maintaining efficiency.

Bonus points if you have…

• Experience in enterprise IT environments with large-scale project portfolios.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall frameworks and overseen
• Familiarity with financial management and budgeting for IT projects.
• Knowledge of change management and business process optimization.
• Understanding of IT Operational process. ITIL certification is considered an asset.

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!

• Total Rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, company SWAG, team activities and modern technology.

• 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 cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity. Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).

Diversity and inclusion
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. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know!

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