Senior Compliance Manager

This role supports the Legal, Regulatory Compliance, and Government Affairs teams by taking a leadership role in helping oversee the company’s global regulatory compliance program. Qualified candidates will demonstrate several years’ experience as a regulatory compliance leader in a high-regulated industry.

A demonstrated track record implementing and maintaining a complex legal and regulatory compliance program for Consumer Packaged Goods (“CPG”) and retail facilities—including developing standard operating procedures and leading internal audits—is required.

The ideal candidate must have strong organizational skills, be able to work collaboratively to oversee multiple projects at once, and use analytical skills to solve complex problems under rigorous timelines.

This position can be based in either Phoenix, AZ or Las Vegas, NV.

• Create and implement standard operating procedures (“SOPs”), internal processes, and compliance training programs.
• Partner with operational leads to ensure compliant procedures are followed at all facilities.
• Develop and maintain internal audit procedures for business entities in various states and localities.
• Conduct regular, random internal audits of facility operations and prepare written reports to senior management.
• Ensure appropriate tracking of inventory and waste through various seed-to-sale software programs (BioTrack, METRC, MJ Freeway).
• Help prepare for facility inspections, government regulatory investigations, and external audits.
• Review government audit findings and prepare written corrective actions plans.
• Assist with remedial actions to address any gaps in facility operation compliance and mitigate future risks.
• Draft official communications and assist with responses to government agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Review and approve packaging and label designs for cultivated and manufactured products.
• Partner with operational leads to ensure record-keeping and security requirements are met at every facility.
• Monitor changes to cannabis laws, regulations, and industry guidance in various states and municipalities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

• Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctorate or similar advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a highly-regulated industry.
• Experience in seed-to-sale software programs (METRC, BioTrack, MJ Freeway, etc.).
• Ability and willingness to regularly travel to facilities throughout the U.S. required.
• This position requires regular travel between facilities throughout the region (50-60%).

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and/or position oneself, communicate, operate and/or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 10 lb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  

Work is performed in an office, retail and manufacturing environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.