Cannabis Operations Leader: Scale Growth & Efficiency

Vangst; City of Kingston (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Vangst, Kingston, New York, seeks an experienced COO to lead day-to-day operations across cultivation, post-harvest, packaging, inventory, sales, and finance. You will build scalable systems, lead high-performing teams, and drive margin growth in a regulated cannabis environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data-driven decision making, and ownership of KPIs, budgets, and operational improvements to support growth toward $1 million in monthly sales.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the regulated cannabis industry and in senior operations roles.
• Strong ability to lead multiple departments and develop department leaders.
• Proven capability to translate goals into measurable performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations and coordinate across departments.
• Develop the organizational structure, processes, and systems for growth.
• Recruit, lead and develop department leaders with clear KPIs and accountability.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to boost efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
• Manage operating expenses, staffing levels, and departmental budgets.
• Partner with ownership to communicate performance, challenges, and growth opportunities.
• Oversee cultivation planning, post-harvest, packaging, inventory, and distribution coordination.
• Establish KPIs and reporting to monitor yield, margins, and costs.

Skills

Leadership

KPI development

Data-driven decision making

Budget management

Problem solving

Tools

METRC

Job description

Vangst, Kingston, New York, seeks an experienced COO to lead day-to-day operations across cultivation, post-harvest, packaging, inventory, sales, and finance. You will build scalable systems, lead high-performing teams, and drive margin growth in a regulated cannabis environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data-driven decision making, and ownership of KPIs, budgets, and operational improvements to support growth toward $1 million in monthly sales.