Regional Compliance Specialist

This person needs to be based within an hour or two of the Southeast Region of Missouri.

The Regional Compliance Specialist ensures that our dispensaries are operating in compliance with state and local rules, regulations, and ordinances. The Regional Compliance Specialist will also keep the management team up to date on legal and regulatory matters impacting operations, assist in the development of company policies and standard operating procedures, monitor operations to identify and correct instances of non-compliance, and function as a quasi-independent and objective body that reviews and evaluates compliance issues and concerns within the Company and conducts regular audits and staff trainings. Advise and guide management personnel and employees on applicable local, state, and national laws and regulations, and will be called upon to provide answers to complex questions and help find lawful yet innovative solutions to legal and regulatory issues. The Regional Compliance Specialist will also work with the leadership team to develop and implement replicable processes, policies, and systems related to compliance and ensure their effectiveness. Ensure reporting, registration, filing, and other similar mandatory tasks are completed in a timely fashion and coordinate with management to stay ahead of any future changes in regulations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains internal compliance and audit controls through checklists, protocols, and other means to ensure operational success.
• Develops and oversees all staff compliance training, including new employee onboarding and continuing training.
• Manages the administration, maintenance, and accuracy of all required reports, documentation, and equipment.
• Remains up to date on relevant industry-related and state-mandated laws and regulations, analyze their impact and make recommendations to operations and management to update internal SOPs in accordance with new regulations.
• Performs on-site inspections on a regular basis at dispensaries in Missouri to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues; and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future. This includes providing guidance to management on implementing policy and/or process changes to comply with new and/or changes to regulations.
• Oversee any recalls and/or health/public safety issues. This includes reporting to government agencies, developing communication with dispensaries and/or consumers, working with the management team to develop a corrective plan.
• Works with functional leaders to ensure information is communicated and all managers are properly informed of changes to regulations, policies, and procedures in their respective areas.
• Manages the implementation of compliance-related policies and procedures throughout the operating units.
• Develop collaborative relationships with the state regulatory agency representatives and regulators.
• Send weekly reports to management with current compliance issues, recommendations, and regulatory updates.
• Documents all changes into training manuals and SOPs.
• Responds to management inquiries and requests and resolve issues in a timely, friendly, and efficient manner.

3 years of compliance related experience

Education: 4-year degree or equivalent experience

Thorough knowledge of and familiarity with cannabis regulations for medical and adult use cannabis is preferred.

Prior experience in writing and training team members on implementation of SOP's

• Ability to explain regulations in a way that will be understandable to front line employees.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel to operational sites as the need arises.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Legal mindset, ability to read and understand laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to effectively explain regulations in a way that will be understandable to front line employees;
• Effective time-management skills and the ability to multi-task; and
• Experience with cannabis compliance is strongly preferred.

Here, we believe cannabis is the most natural form of medicine, that's why we are obsessed with creating and curating the best cannabis products in the south, using natural and sustainable farming practices, and giving back to our local community. We believe in plants over pills, and using the magic of mother nature to help people feel their best.

As the self-declared Southern ambassadors of weed, we pride ourselves in staying true to our roots as we bring the best the cannabis world has to offer to the places we love most. From our high-tech, high-touch growing practices to our expert extraction methods, we are obsessed with creating and curating the best cannabis offering in the south. Everything we do here is rooted in our desire to cultivate goodness.

Our approach to cannabis is straightforward: good people, good cannabis, good day. The core of our mission is to deliver high quality cannabis products and support and educate our communities on the tremendous healing benefits of this medicinal plant—and it all starts with our People.

We encourage you to explore opportunities with a company whose culture is dedicated to celebrating diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We firmly believe that maintaining diversity and inclusion is what contributes to our stellar decision making and increased creativity!

We know we cannot achieve our goals without excellent talent- and so we’re looking for the best, brightest, and most determined individuals in the industry and beyond to join our team at this pivotal moment in history- the end of cannabis prohibition in the United States.

As a vertically integrated multi-state operator in the cannabis space, our company is rapidly growing and building out our Team. From Cultivation and Manufacturing our own products, to Wholesale and Retail, even Accounting, Marketing, Compliance, IT and HR, we have a myriad of opportunities for people to join the Team. Our full-time Team Members are also eligible for generous benefits packages, including insurance, paid time off and holidays, 401K and Employee Resource Groups! We also offer a highly competitive compensation package.

Should you join the Team, you’ll also be able to participate in any one of our Employee Resource Groups, which provide safe space and community for specific groups and cultures. We are excited to see the initiatives in community outreach and social justice work that come from these groups!

We are an equal opportunity employer.