Director, Cultivation, Systems & Crop Science

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Requisition : 14186

Department: Central Ops - Cultivation

Location: Albion, IL, US,

Verano Holdings Corp. (Cboe CA: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNO), one of the U.S. cannabis industry’s leading companies based on historical revenue, geographic scope and brand performance, is a vertically integrated, multi-state operator embracing a mission of saying Yes to plant progress and the bold exploration of cannabis. Verano offers a superior cannabis shopping experience in medical and adult use markets under the Zen Leaf™ and MÜV™ dispensary banners and produces a comprehensive suite of high‑quality, regulated cannabis products sold under its diverse portfolio of trusted consumer brands including Verano™, MÜV™, Savvy™, BITS™, Encore™, and Avexia™.

Verano’s active operations span 13 U.S. states, comprised of 15 cultivation and production facilities with over 1,000,000 square feet of cultivation capacity. Learn more at  .

The Director of Cultivation Systems & Crop Science owns the national fertigation strategy, crop steering programs, cultivation technology platform, and fertigation infrastructure across all company cultivation facilities. This role is responsible for designing and standardizing strain‑specific nutrient and irrigation programs, engineering and overseeing fertigation system buildouts, implementing and managing sensor‑driven cultivation platforms (Aroya, Growlink, or equivalent), and leading facility‑level fertigation teams.

This position serves as the bridge between plant science and cultivation technology, ensuring every facility operates on data‑driven, scalable, and optimized growing protocols.

• Own and standardize the national fertigation program — including strain‑specific nutrient formulations, feed schedules, EC/pH targets, and irrigation protocols across all facilities and growing media.
• Develop and implement crop steering strategies across the national footprint, standardizing generative and vegetative steering protocols through dry‑back management, irrigation timing, EC ramps, and VPD coordination.
• Spec, design, and oversee the engineering and installation of fertigation systems across new builds and facility retrofits — including dosing equipment, reservoir systems, emitter layouts, plumbing, and controls.
• Own the national cultivation technology platform strategy, leading the integration, configuration, and optimization of Aroya, Growlink, or equivalent sensor and substrate monitoring systems across all facilities.
• Establish sensor deployment standards and ensure consistent data collection across facilities — including substrate moisture, EC, temperature, VPD, and dry‑back metrics.
• Translate platform data into actionable cultivation decisions and SOPs, training facility teams to use real‑time data for irrigation timing, steering adjustments, and environmental management.
• Own water quality strategy nationally — including source water testing, RO/filtration system specifications, and water treatment protocols by facility.
• Lead R&D trials on nutrient formulations, irrigation strategies, crop steering techniques, and new cultivation technologies, translating results into scalable SOPs.
• Partner with the National Cultivation Planning Manager to align fertigation and crop steering programs with the strain‑mix plan, canopy schedule, and production timeline.
• Manage input procurement strategy for nutrients, additives, and fertigation supplies — optimizing cost, quality, and vendor relationships nationally.
• Manage and develop facility‑level fertigation staff, building local technical capability while maintaining national program consistency.
• Partner with Facilities…