Senior Compliance Manager

King City Gardens is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to lead regulatory compliance across its Ohio operations.Level I cultivation facility, processing relationships, and dispensary operations. This role is responsible forprotecting the company's licenses, operational continuity, product integrity, and regulatory standing byensuring that cultivation, inventory, product movement, testing, documentation, employee training, andPartner coordination is performed in accordance with applicable Ohio cannabis laws, rules, and licensesrequirements, and internal policies.The Senior Compliance Manager will serve as the company's primary internal authority for cannabiscompliance, audit readiness, seed-to-sale tracking, SOP governance, corrective action, incident response,regulatory interpretation, and regulator-facing documentation. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role thatrequires both technical compliance knowledge and practical operational judgment.About King City GardensKing City Gardens operates a Level I cannabis cultivation facility in Ohio and supports a broader regulatedcannabis supply chain through processing contracts and dispensary relationships. The company iscommitted to disciplined operations, product quality, regulatory integrity, accurate inventory control, andresponsible participation in Ohio's medical and adult-use cannabis markets.Position SummaryThe Senior Compliance Manager will oversee the company's cannabis compliance program and ensure thatAll cultivation, post-harvest, product transfer, contracted processing, and dispensary-related activities areconducted in accordance with Ohio Division of Cannabis Control requirements, applicable statutes, andadministrative rules, license conditions, and internal standard operating procedures. The role requires strongattention to detail, excellent documentation practices, practical knowledge of seed-to-sale tracking, and theability to work confidently with cultivation, inventory, logistics, processing partners, dispensary teams, seniorleadership, testing laboratories, vendors, and regulators.This position is expected to identify compliance risks before they become operational or regulatory issues.build systems that make compliance repeatable, and provide clear guidance to managers and employees.The Senior Compliance Manager should be able to balance business urgency with disciplined regulatorycontrols. The role also requires fluency with AI-enabled productivity and research platforms, including toolssuch as Manus, Claude, ChatGPT, and similar systems, to improve compliance research, SOP drafting,audit preparation, training materials, data review, and executive reporting while maintaining appropriateconfidentiality and human oversight.Key ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Compliance Manager will manage and continuously improve daily compliance activities for theLevel I cultivation facility, including plant tracking, harvest batch documentation, inventory reconciliation,waste documentation, destruction records, product transfers, manifests, testing coordination, packaging, andlabeling review, product release documentation, and required reporting. The role will maintain accuraterecords in the applicable seed-to-sale system and ensure that physical inventory reconciles to the systeminventory at all times.The role will develop, maintain, and enforce SOPs covering cultivation, harvest, drying, curing, trimming,storage, quarantine, destruction, transportation, inventory, sanitation, security, testing, incident reporting,employee conduct, visitor control, and document retention. The Senior Compliance Manager will conductregular internal audits and mock inspections, document findings, assign corrective actions, and verifycompletion.For processing contracts, the Senior Compliance Manager will review compliance-sensitive workflows,confirm that transfers and product movements are properly documented, coordinate required testing, andchain-of-custody records, and ensure that third-party processors meet applicable compliance expectations.The role will also coordinate with dispensary partners or affiliated dispensary operations to supportcompliant wholesale transfers, product documentation, product complaints, adverse event review, recalls,and incident response.Compliance Area ResponsibilitiesCultivation compliance: Maintain compliant plant, batch, harvest, waste,storage, quarantine, testing, and transfer recordsfor the Ohio Level I cultivation facility.Seed-to-sale tracking: Oversee Metrc or other required tracking systementries, reconciliations, tags, manifests,adjustments, transfers, and exception resolution.Inventory control: Conduct cycle counts, monthly audits, and discrepancyinvestigations, quarantine reviews, andreconciliation between physical inventory andsystem records.Processing contracts, coordinating compliant transfers, and chain-of-custodydocumentation, testing records, productspecifications, packaging, and labeling review, andpartner compliance follow-up.Dispensary support: Support compliant wholesale documentation,product release, recall coordination, customer orproduct complaint investigation, and dispensary-facing compliance questions.SOPs and training Write, update, train, and enforce SOPs; documentEssential Duties Lead the company's cannabis compliance program across cultivation, processing relationships, productmovement, inventory control, testing, documentation, and dispensary-related support. Serve as the primary internal resource for Ohio cannabis compliance questions and provide practicalguidance to operations, cultivation, inventory, logistics, sales, and leadership teams. Maintain accurate and timely seed-to-sale records, including plant tags, harvest batches, inventory lots,manifests, transfers, waste records, destruction records, testing records, and product releasedocumentation. Create, revise, implement, and train employees on SOPs and compliance workflows that supportconsistent execution and audit readiness. Conduct routine internal audits, mock inspections, inventory reconciliations, document reviews, andcompliance spot checks. Prepare for regulatory inspections and coordinate responses to regulator inquiries, document requests,notices, observations, or corrective action requirements. Review packaging, labeling, product documentation, certificates of analysis, manifests, chain-of-custodydocuments, and product release records for compliance before product movement or sale. Coordinate with third-party processors, testing laboratories, transportation partners, dispensaries, andvendors to ensure compliant product flow and accurate documentation. Investigate inventory discrepancies, compliance incidents, security issues, product complaints, adverseevents, or potential violations; document findings and corrective actions. Monitor Ohio regulatory updates and translate changes into operational requirements, SOP revisions,training materials, and leadership recommendations. Maintain organized compliance records, inspection files, training files, renewal documents, contracts,manifests, COAs, audit reports, and corrective action documentation.Provide regular compliance reporting to senior leadership, including audit findings, open correctiveactions, regulatory risks, and recommended improvements. actionsRequirementsQualificationsThe ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in compliance, regulatory operations, qualityassurance, controlled inventory management, cannabis operations, legal operations, pharmaceuticaloperations, food manufacturing, agriculture, alcohol, gaming, or another highly regulated industry. Directcannabis compliance experience is strongly preferred, and Ohio cannabis compliance experience is highlypreferred.Candidates should have working knowledge of seed-to-sale tracking systems, inventory reconciliation,regulatory inspections, SOP management, audit preparation, controlled inventory environments, documentcontrol, product testing workflows, and corrective action procedures. Strong candidates will be comfortablereading statutes, administrative rules, regulatory guidance, inspection findings, contracts, lab reports,manifests, and internal operating procedures.A bachelor's degree in business, regulatory affairs, legal studies, agriculture, horticulture, biology, chemistry,criminal justice, public administration, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent cannabis complianceexperience may be considered in place of a degree.Required Skills Strong understanding of compliance systems in a regulated cannabis or controlled inventoryenvironment. Excellent attention to detail, documentation discipline, and follow-through Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical operating procedures Experience with seed-to-sale tracking, inventory systems, spreadsheets, and document managementtools. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to train employees and briefleadership. Sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to handle confidential or sensitive compliance matters Ability to work cross-functionally with cultivation, inventory, logistics, processing, dispensary, sales,finance, and executive teams. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Microsoft Office, and digital recordkeeping platforms Fluency working with AI-enabled tools such as Manus, Claude, ChatGPT, and similar platforms tosupport compliance research, document drafting, SOP management, audit preparation, training content,data analysis, and leadership reporting, with appropriate judgment regarding confidentiality, accuracy,and regulatory risk.Preferred ExperiencePreferred candidates will have direct experience with Ohio cannabis rules, Metrc, cultivation compliance,processing transfers, dispensary operations, Division of Cannabis Control inspections, product testingworkflows, packaging and labeling review, recall procedures, or multi-license cannabis operations.Experience training hourly teams, building SOPs, preparing for inspections, managing corrective actionplans, and working with regulators is especially valuable.Physical and Work Environment RequirementsThis role will require regular work inside a cannabis cultivation and production environment. The SeniorCompliance Manager may enter cultivation rooms, drying and curing areas, trim areas, secure storageareas, loading zones, and other controlled-access spaces. The position may require standing, walking,bending, reviewing physical inventory, inspecting records, and occasionally lifting light items. The role mayalso require travel to processing partners, dispensaries, testing laboratories, or regulatory meetings.