Manager, Genetics & Plant Health Coordination

Job Summary

The Manager of Genetics & Plant Health Coordination serves as the operational bridge between Verano's Genetics/Tissue Culture programs and its cultivation facilities nationwide. This role is responsible for ensuring that clean, validated genetics are acquired, properly quarantined, and distributed to sites on time and in alignment with national production planning. This is not an R&D or cultivation production role. It is a coordination and execution role focused on genetic integrity, logistics, and cross-functional alignment between the teams that develop genetics and the sites that introduce them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Genetics Coordination & Execution

• Manage the end-to-end coordination of genetic introduction, quarantine, banking, and scheduling across cultivation facilities nationwide.
• Maintain centralized tracking and traceability of all genetics movements between sites to ensure compliance and biosecurity alignment.
• Coordinate with Tissue Culture partners and internal teams to schedule submissions, returns, and production-ready releases.
• Partner with the National Planner to align genetics availability with facility production schedules.
• Ensure site leaders are informed, prepared, and equipped to successfully manage genetic introductions.
• Coordinate acquisition of new genetics in alignment with national cultivation strategy.

Plant Health & Biosecurity Coordination

• Drive implementation of standardized introduction, quarantine, and cross-contamination prevention workflows across all receiving sites.
• Assist in the development and enforcement of SOPs related to genetics handling, quarantine procedures, and plant health protocols.
• Conduct site follow-ups to ensure accountability and alignment with national plant health and biosecurity directives.
• Support national IPM program coordination including project follow-ups, cross-site alignment, and data tracking.
• Assist with facility assessments and plant health investigations as directed by the National Director of IPM.

Reporting & Process Improvement

• Maintain centralized tracking systems for genetics planning, introduction status, and project reporting.
  Support data collection and reporting related to new genetic health, quarantine outcomes, and introduction timelines.
• Identify and drive process improvements that decrease introduction risk, improve biosecurity compliance, and increase operational efficiency across the national genetics strategy.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in commercial cannabis cultivation, propagation, nursery management, or related agricultural production.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional logistics or operational coordination initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of cannabis plant lifecycle, propagation workflows, and biosecurity practices.
• Experience with SOP development and process improvement.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with cultivation tracking systems (e.g., Biotrack or equivalent).
• Ability to communicate effectively across site leadership and executive levels.
• Must be 21 years of age or older and able to register with applicable state cannabis regulatory bodies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with tissue culture coordination or plant propagation systems.
• Experience working within a multi-state cannabis operation.
• Background in plant science, horticulture, agronomy, or related field.
• Experience conducting operational audits or facility assessments.

Physical and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move throughout cultivation environments, communicate, and operate tools or equipment as necessary during site visits. The employee may occasionally move packages weighing up to 50 pounds. Must be comfortable working in cultivation environments including exposure to humidity, pollen, dust, and plant materials. Specific vision abilities required include close observation and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Environment

Work is performed in both office and cultivation environments. The employee may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, agricultural chemicals, varying temperatures, humidity, and moderate noise levels typical of cultivation facilities.