Cultivation Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Canopy USA is now positioned to consolidate operations across its three business units – Wana, Jetty, and Acreage – realizing synergies, cost savings, and supporting growth in state‑legal markets across the U.S.

Through coverage of key market segments including flower via Superflux, vape and concentrates via Jetty, edibles and beverages via Wana, and retail through The Botanist, Canopy USA is well positioned to accelerate growth with an emphasis on the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. markets.

The Cultivation Manager oversees all aspects of the cultivation department, including Irrigation, Propagation (Clone/Seed), Vegetative Growth, Flowering, and Harvest/Trim operations. This role is responsible for ensuring departmental performance, team leadership, crop health, department efficiency, and regulatory compliance. The Cultivation Manager provides strategic oversight while supporting and guiding the Cultivation Supervisors in executing and overseeing daily operations that align with national cultivation standards and production goals.

• Provides direct leadership to the full cultivation department and manages Cultivation Supervisors.
• Manages all phases of the plant lifecycle from seed/clone through harvest and trim.
• Ensures alignment of cultivation practices with company goals, operational standards, and compliance protocols.
• Works cross‑functionally with Compliance, Facilities, Production, and other departments to drive continuous improvement.
• Establishes and executes cultivation schedules in coordination with the National Cultivation Manager.
• Coordinates crop steering, IPM, and feeding strategies and pruning/defoliation in accordance with National Cultivation SOP’s.

• Leads the hiring, training, development, and performance management of Cultivation Supervisors, Tech II’s and Tech I’s.
• Drives accountability, cultivates a strong team culture, and aligns teams with national cultivation values and production objectives.
• Facilitates daily/weekly meetings with supervisors and ensures clear communication of expectations and updates.
• Provides mentorship and support to supervisors in managing teams of Tech II’s and technicians.
• Partners with HR and National Cultivation leadership on succession planning, disciplinary matters, and workforce forecasting.

• Oversees and reviews crop health data, environmental metrics, feed schedules, and pest/disease trends.
• Develops and enforces adherence to SOPs across all phases of cultivation.
• Validates that corrective actions are timely, effective, and well‑documented.
• Ensures proper execution of IPM plans, crop pruning, and canopy management at each stage of growth.
• Drives data collection and accuracy in plant care logs, equipment logs, fertigation records, cloning reports, etc.
• Oversees departmental readiness for audits and regulatory inspections.
• Leads coordination and communication of harvest schedules, staffing, and workflows with Trim and Post‑Harvest teams.
• General oversight and scheduling for Processing department.
• Harvest scheduling and oversight.
• Dry/Cure oversight.
• Weekly schedule for and oversight of all processing operations including but not limited to spearing, bucking, trimming, sorting, bulk storage.
• Oversight of Fresh Frozen bio‑mass destined for extraction.
• Oversight of bulk dried bio‑mass destined for extraction.
• Oversight and scheduling of staff in processing department.
• Oversight of processing room cleanliness and compliance.

• Contributes to cultivation strategy including yield planning, genetic selection, and long‑term improvements.
• Manages inventory levels of cultivation materials and coordinates purchasing needs.
• Collaborates with the National Cultivation Manager on departmental KPIs, budget adherence, and capital planning.
• Ensures software systems and digital platforms are being utilized correctly across the cultivation operation.
• Participates in site‑specific planning, facility upgrades, and expansion initiatives.
• Maintains and improves the Cultivation Operations Manual and SOPs in partnership…