Specialist, QC Data

Salary Range: $65,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

Village Farms International (Nasdaq: VFF) is a vertically integrated global leader in cannabis and plant-based consumer packaged goods, driven by sustainable innovation. As one of North America's longest-standing produce operators built on decades of expertise, we're a company where growers, innovators, and creators come together to shape the future of high-performing plant-based brands around the world.

Joining Village Farms means joining a global team built on purpose, integrity, and ambition. Here, we grow people, ideas, and possibilities.

As our QC Data Specialist, you will own and manage the stability testing program for our cannabis product portfolio, providing the scientific foundation for shelf-life determination, expiry dating, and international regulatory submissions. You will also own tracking, trending, and reporting of all analytical testing data from our internal and external laboratories, including the identification of Out of Trend (OOT) and Out of Specification (OOS) results and regular reporting through meetings, presentations, and formal reports.

As the internal subject matter expert on stability science and laboratory data trending, you will work across Research & Lab, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Affairs (RA), and Operations, exercising a high degree of technical judgment, accountability, and independence in a regulated GPP/GACP/EU-GMP environment

• Own and manage the end-to-end stability program for all cannabis product categories (dried flower, trim, extracts, novel formats), including study design, sample scheduling, data collection, trend analysis, and formal reporting; ensure all required studies are planned, initiated, and executed on the annual schedule
• Design and maintain stability protocols aligned with ICH Q1A(R2), ICH Q1E, and applicable GPP/GACP/EU-GMP requirements, adapting them as new product formats or market requirements are introduced
• Serve as the primary internal subject matter expert on stability science, providing technical guidance to QA, RA, Product Development & Innovation, and Operations on shelf-life, storage conditions, and product performance, and establishing and maintaining expiry dating and retest date rationale for all registered and in-development products
• Identify and
  ** escalate
  * * OOT/OOS results and lead or support the resulting investigations and CAPAs; prepare and own stability summary reports for batch release, regulatory submissions, and partner/customer requests; and manage stability chambers and storage units (IQ/OQ/PQ, calibration, temperature/humidity monitoring, deviation management)

• Coordinate and physically prepare samples for stability time-points, GPP/ GACP/EU GMP batch release, compliance and research studies in accordance with SOPs, regulations, and good laboratory practices
• Coordinate with third-party laboratories to ensure testing is accurate, in scope, and on time; manage Certificate of Analysis (COA) receipt, review, and filing; and review laboratory reports for accuracy, initiating and circulating Laboratory Investigation Reports (LIRs) and tracking resolution
• Maintain accurate records in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and SharePoint, including Chain of Custody (COC) documentation, sampling and requisition forms, and sample labels

• Build, own, and continuously improve the laboratory and stability data management system (databases, trackers, dashboards), ensuring data integrity in accordance with ALCOA+ principles
• Track and monitor all analytical testing data generated across the internal laboratory and external / third-party…