Manager, Harvest & Post Harvest

Manager, Harvest & Post Harvest

Verano Holdings Corp., 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.

Job Summary:

The Manager, Harvest & Post Harvest is responsible for driving operational excellence across wet harvest and dry harvest processes through training, process improvement, operational standardization, and direct oversight of the onsite teams. This role serves as the subject-matter expert for harvest workflows, post-harvest handling, drying and curing practices, and harvest-related equipment and systems, ensuring consistent execution and quality across the Harvest through Post-Harvest pipeline.

As the leader of Harvest and Post Harvest teams, this role entails direct oversight of the Harvest and Post Harvest teams, overseeing the day-to-day harvest and post-harvest operations, and partnering closely with cultivation leadership to optimize harvest throughput, protect product quality, and improve operational efficiency. The primary focus of the role is training, process discipline, implementation, and continuous improvement, while supporting R&D initiatives related to harvest techniques, drying and curing methodologies, and quality preservation.

This role also contributes to CPG and cultivation KPI monitoring, ensuring harvest operations align with broader company production and quality goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and standardize wet and dry harvest processes in the facility to ensure consistent execution, product quality, and operational efficiency.
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine SOPs related to harvest procedures, bucking and trimming workflows, drying and curing processes, post-harvest material handling, and harvest room sanitation and compliance.
• Identify harvest bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and product loss points, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Ensure Harvest Data is completed on-time and that material is accurately sorted, graded, and recorded.
• Partner with cultivation site leadership to align harvest schedules, labor planning, and processing throughput.
• Serve as the primary owner of harvest and post-harvest operations for the facility.
• Implement standardized training modules and certification processes for wet harvest teams, bucking and trimming staff, dry room operations, and post-harvest handling and storage.
• Coordinate with national leadership to conduct on-site training and coaching for Harvest and Post Harvest Managers to ensure consistent process execution.
• Evaluate team competency and identify training gaps to improve efficiency, quality, and accountability.
• Reinforce operational discipline and standardized best practices across these departments.
• Collaborate with R&D and cultivation leadership on harvest-related trials and initiatives including drying methodology improvements, yield optimization techniques, quality preservation methods, and post-harvest handling innovations.
• Participate in harvest-related process trials and support documentation of findings.
• Evaluate new equipment, tools, and harvest methodologies that improve labor efficiency, yield, or product quality.
• Direct the implementation of validated R&D improvements.
• Work with site cultivation leadership to ensure harvest outputs support downstream production targets.
• Use operational data and facility audit findings to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide regular reporting and insights to senior leadership on harvest performance trends and…