Regulatory Affairs Associate, Global

Division: Legal
Job location: Hybrid (Ontario)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Employment type: Temporary (12-Month Contract)

A little about us

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

We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and 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, Greybeard 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

The Regulatory Affairs Associate, Global is a regulatory specialist with capabilities to provide regulatory support for the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of Aurora’s international exports from Canadian facilities. They provide regulatory expertise and guidance on procedural and documentation requirements. They collaborate with international cross-functional teams working flexibly within and across regions to ensure the delivery of business objectives. Sounds Interesting? Here’s a little more…

As the Regulatory Affairs Associate you will be involved in …

• Understanding the regulatory framework, including regional trends, for various types of applications and licencing for products across international regions.
• Developing effective working relationships with internal and external experts to support regulatory strategies & exports from Canada
• Using and share best practices, when handling various applications and procedures during interactions with health authorities and in day-to-day work, while operating in a highly dynamic environment.
• Contributing to the planning, preparation and delivery of submissions throughout the product’s life cycle from either a global and/or Health Canada perspective.
• Supporting in the input, maintenance, and revision in project plans for assigned projects and highlight unforeseen changes in resource demand in a timely manner.
• Escalating emerging issues and associated risk communications to regulatory department.
• Supporting operational and compliance activities for assigned deliverables, submission tracking and document management utilizing the support and input of partners where relevant.
• Developing and document process improvement
• Supporting operational and compliance activities for assigned deliverables.
• Supporting engagement with international regulators and business units
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

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

• Relevant University Degree in Science or related discipline
• At least 5 years of Regulatory experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, or at a health authority, or other relevant experience
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to interpret and understand Regulations in the context of the scientific and commercial environment
• Experience in a highly regulated environment for consumer goods & GMP
  
  
  

Bonus points if you have…

• General knowledge of cannabis, GMP and pharmaceutical/food/tobacco/NHP/OTC medicinal products and/or devices or cosmetics with Health Canada
• Strong collaboration skills, including experience supporting multi-disciplinary project teams
• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Strategic thinking adept at working cross-functionally to problem solve issues in a timely manner
• Effective in an environment requiring independent initiative with multiple deadlines and
• Ability to manage changing priorities
  
  
  

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!