Working Title: Project Manager
Job Class: State Program Administrator, Manager
Agency: Cannabis Management Office
Job ID: 97838
Location: St. Paul
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Unlimited
Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers
Date Posted: 10/28/2026
Closing Date: 11/04/2026
Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Cannabis Management Office / Cannabis Mgt Off-Managerial
Division/Unit: Cannabis Management Office-OCM / COO Staff
Work Shift/Work Hours: Day Shift
Days of Work: Monday - Friday
Travel Required: Yes - Up to 25%
Salary Range: $41.58 - $60.10 / hourly; $86,819 - $125,488 / annually
Classified Status: Classified
Bargaining Unit/Union: 220 - Manager/Unrep
FLSA Status: Exempt - Administrative
Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes
The work you'll do is more than just a job.
At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.
This position will act as a leader on transition planning and the launch of a new state agency. The Project Manager will provide leadership, expert program and project management, lead plans and coordination of functions across agencies. The Project Manager will develop and manage implementation timelines, facilitate multiple complex work streams, and execute project plans.
This job post will be used to fill up to four (4) positions.
This position is located in St. Paul and is required to report to the office three (3) days per week and may telework two (2) days per week.




A successful incumbent in this position will be able to:
Provide leadership, expert program and project management, lead plans and coordination of functions across the agency.
Develop and manage project implementation timelines, facilitate multiple complex work streams, and execute project plans.
Provide advice and counsel to cross-division teams.
Work collaboratively with expert project management and proactive organization to advance through competing demands.
Anticipate needs to facilitate change, outcomes and progress in a fast-paced regulatory environment.
Minimum Qualifications
To facilitate proper years of service crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.
Four (4) years of project management that includes recommending strategies, creating workstreams, and conducting cross agency/division planning.
Experience leading and supporting multiple leaders with potentially conflicting needs.
Experience implementing work plans and initiatives within a dynamic or ambiguous environment, and leading staff and colleagues through changing circumstances.
Experience writing reports, correspondence, and memoranda sufficient to clearly communicate, promote, and justify plans, decision-points, outcomes, and recommendations.




Ability to analyze issues by gathering relevant information, considering a broad range of issues or factors, grasping complexities and perceived relationships, and seeking input from others.
The ability to celebrate diversity and a strong commitment to a respectful and inclusive work environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with public officials, policy makers, and the legislature.
Experience facilitating meetings by creating agendas, providing timely briefs and communicating meeting summaries and reports.
Experience anticipating gaps and identifying areas of improvement in project management and building responses to the need.
Ability to build consensus on often sensitive issues, create win-win situations to resolve disagreements and disputes, and lead the discussion of program objects and need.
Cannabis regulatory and/or other regulatory experience.
Additional Requirements
SEMA4 records check (applies to current and former state employees only)
Employment reference check
Conflict of interest review
Criminal background check
The Office of Cannabis Management will not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
About Cannabis Management Office
The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is the primary regulatory office for the state’s recent and expanding cannabis industry (including the new adult-use market, the Medical Cannabis Program, and existing hemp-derived cannabinoid products). OCM is tasked with issuing business licenses, providing education and technical support to new businesses, administering grants to support community reinvestment and to organizations that will help farmers navigate the new in

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