What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager of Compliance - New Jersey position at Curaleaf?
At Curaleaf, we're redefining the cannabis industry with a strong commitment to quality, expertise, and innovation. As a leading global cannabis provider, our brands—including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots—offer premium products and services in both medical and adult-use markets.
Join us at Curaleaf to be part of a high-growth, purpose-driven company that champions corporate social responsibility through our Rooted in Good initiative, supporting community outreach and positive change. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, drive innovation, and help shape the future of cannabis.
Title: Senior Manager of Compliance
Location: Hammonton, New Jersey
Job Type: Full Time | Exempt
What The Job's All About:
As the Senior Manager of Compliance at Curaleaf, you'll lead efforts to ensure regulatory compliance across our operations in New Jersey. You'll develop and monitor state-specific SOPs for retail, cultivation, and manufacturing, conduct audits, manage corrective actions, and ensure marketing compliance. Collaborating with key teams, you'll oversee regulatory inspections, support new product requests, and participate in state-level compliance initiatives. Working closely with the Regional Vice President of Compliance, you'll help maintain adherence to New Jersey cannabis laws while upholding Curaleaf's commitment to excellence across all brands and products.
What You'll Do:
- Coordinate regulatory inspections for site, room, or equipment changes, and conduct regular compliance audits across all dispensaries, cultivation, and processing facilities, in collaboration with key teams
- Act as the company's key representative for state cannabis regulatory examinations and inspections, coordinating responses to findings and proactively communicating any exceptions or concerns to minimize risks
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of state cannabis laws to ensure full compliance with all regulations, policies, and procedures
- Develop and monitor state-specific SOPs for retail, cultivation, and manufacturing, ensuring efficient implementation and consistency through continuous oversight and regular employee training
- Collaborate cross functionally to ensure new products and marketing materials meet compliance standards and state-specific regulations
- Enforce compliance with state regulations by following established review guidelines, providing regulatory training to business partners, and developing reports on Key Productivity and Risk Indicators (KPIs/KRIs)
- Partner with Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Retail, and Asset Protection teams to ensure new retail sites are fully prepared and compliant for regulatory inspections
- Clearly and effectively communicate compliance issues and guidance to employees while professionally managing relationships with regulators and inspectors
What You'll Bring
- At least 2-3 years of relevant compliance experience
- Proven expertise in interpreting and executing state and federal cannabis regulations, including compliance with key federal standards like HIPAA and FDA guidelines
- A bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited college
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and knowledge of workplace health and safety
- Exceptional communication for effective interactions across all levels of the organization
Even Better If:
- You have experience or a background in highly regulated industries such as agriculture, horticulture, cannabis, healthcare, pharma, or biotech
- You can use advanced MS Office and Excel skills, combined with excellent communication and a results-driven approach, to meet deadlines, prioritize under pressure, and solve key roadblocks effectively and creatively
What We Offer:
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Competitive Pay and Benefits (Health, Dental Vision)
- Generous PTO and Parental Leave
- 401(K) Retirement Plan
- Life/AD&D Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability
- Community Involvement Initiatives
- Employee Referral Bonuses and Product Discounts
Not all benefits listed above are available to all employees at all locations.
Curaleaf Awards and Achievements:
- 2023 Ragan's Top Places to Work
- 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
- 2020 Cannabis Doing Good's Good Neighbor Award
- 2020 Minorities for Medical Marijuana's Diversity & Inclusion Award
Follow us on Social Media:
Instagram: @curaleaf.usa
Twitter: @Curaleaf_Inc
LinkedIn: Curaleaf LinkedIn
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to enhance lives by cultivating, sharing, and celebrating the power of the plant. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company, and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, Grassroots, JAMS, Find and Zero Proof provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production. Home | Curaleaf | Cannabis with Confidence
Our corporate Social Responsibility is Rooted in Good. We believe in taking corporate and social responsibility very seriously, from our educational outreach to national partnerships, state-wide initiatives, and local causes. Giving back to the communities where we operate is important to us and helps to change old attitudes by showing the positive impact of cannabis in creating jobs, changing lives, and helping local communities.
Our Vision: To be the world's leading cannabis company by consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.
Our Values:
- Lead and Inspire.
- Commit to Win.
- ONE Curaleaf.
- Driven to Deliver Excellence.
Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.
Current Curaleaf employees should use our internal job board to apply for current openings: https://app2.greenhouse.io/internal_job_board
Salary : $95,000 - $105,000
