Vice President Operations

About the role

The Vice President of Operations will be responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of MFUSED’s products, from production to delivery. This role will be pivotal in driving the company's expansion into new markets and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Operations & Production — End-to-end responsibility for how our products get made, whether in our own facilities or through co-manufacturing partners. You will own production planning, quality, throughput, and unit economics across the network.
• Supply Chain & Procurement — Sourcing and vendor management for the hardware, components, and materials behind our devices and extracts — including the hardware and materials we supply to our licensing partners. You will build resilient, cost-smart supply across every market we serve.
• Warehousing, Logistics & Distribution — Multi-state inventory, compliant transport, and fulfillment — direct where we run it ourselves and through 3PL and distribution partners (such as Flow in Arizona) where we do not. You keep product flowing, compliant, and on time.
• Partner, Co-Man & Licensing Management — Own the operational relationships with CMOs, co-packers, and licensees: the SLAs, guardrails, quality standards, and performance that protect the MFUSED brand when the work happens outside our four walls.
• Multi-State & International Expansion — Stand up operations in new markets. Make the build-versus-partner call, design the operating model for each state, and get MFUSED to shelf quickly, compliantly, and profitably — then do it again as we go abroad.
• Compliance-Integrated Operations — Partner closely with Compliance and Legal so that state and federal requirements, traceability, and seed-to-sale integrity are engineered into the operation, not bolted on.
• Operating & Financial Discipline — Own operational budgets and cost performance, bring a data-driven view to every decision, and give ownership a clear, honest read on where the operation stands and where it is headed.
• Team Leadership — Build, lead, and develop the operations organization — hiring ahead of growth, setting standards, and creating a culture that can scale from a small, scrappy team into a multi-market operation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive operations leadership, including multi-site and multi-state responsibility, with a track record of scaling an organization from small to substantially larger.
• Direct experience across both in-house manufacturing and third-party models — co-manufacturing, co-packing, or licensing — and the judgment to know when to use each.
• Deep command of supply chain, procurement, warehousing, logistics, and distribution as an integrated system, not siloed functions.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry. Cannabis experience is strongly preferred; comparable rigor from pharmaceutical, food & beverage, CPG, medical device, or similar regulated manufacturing is highly valued.
• Genuine executive presence paired with a roll-up-your-sleeves operator's instinct — someone who thrives in a founder-led, resource-conscious, fast-moving environment and can do the work while also leading it.
• Strong financial acumen and comfort owning budgets, cost, and operational performance metrics.
• Experience standing up new markets or geographies; international expansion experience is a plus.

Certifications and Licenses

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain all applicable state and federal background clearances, licensing, and badging required to work in the cannabis industry in each state where MFUSED operates.

Cannabis Industry Requirements

• This role may involve exposure to cannabis and cannabis products in the course of normal duties.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity. MFUSED is proud to be a minority-owned company and an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.