Specialist, Quality Compliance
Job Location: Multisite 
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday 

 Employment Type: Full-time permanent Employment 

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.

Main Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of Quality Operations, the Quality Operations Compliance Specialist is responsible for providing support to multiple sites to ensure proper execution, implementation and sustainability of quality compliance requirements.  Core accountabilities are but not limited to the following:
 

•    Represent Quality as an ambassador for regulatory compliance regarding GMP, Cannabis Acts & Regulations, and company policies and procedures.
•    Perform routine internal audits of sites and observe workflows to ensure corporate policy and regulatory compliance and support external audits as needed.
•    Develop, implement and maintain governance of site-specific quality risk registry for each site.
•    Implement a standardized audit process for external/regulatory audits and support site teams with execution activities.
•    Work in collaboration with site QA teams to execute corporate QA continuous improvement initiatives and/or change management. 
•    Prepare and compile quality KPI/KQI data for dashboards and periodic reporting.
•    Effectively communicate product quality/safety related updates/alerts to all sites.
•    Effectively communicate/share trends of NC findings and learnings from external audits to all sites.
•    Conduct effectiveness verification of site PCP plans, policies and procedures to ensure they comply with regulatory and corporate QA requirements and are incorporated into daily operating procedures at site level.
•    Conduct training sessions for site staff related to corporate SOPs and policies.
•    Support external supplier quality team with audit activities.
•    Support APQR work for each site.
•    Act as main conduit to compile data for SOX audits for each site.
•    Support data-driven logs for ongoing tracking of department metrics across sites.
•    Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications: 

•    Four (4) year degree required, preferably with scientific, engineering, regulatory, internal audit core concentration
•    Minimum 3 years’ experience in Quality, Regulatory, Technical, or Manufacturing Operations in the area of quality compliance preferably in the cannabis or pharmaceutical industry (GMP experience is highly valued)
•    Professional certifications and regulatory, quality systems, or internal audit training certificates in relevant disciplines are desirable
•    Strong communication, teamwork, problem solving, decision-making, and root cause analysis skills are required
•    Demonstrated knowledge/application of practical quality assurance and quality system elements

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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! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, vacation time, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!
 
Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes 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 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
Think you have what it takes to join our team? So do we! Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit.

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 a friend or colleague that you think may be interested while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities through our Aurora Careers Page (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this position to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive 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!
If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.