The Director of Compliance is the company's primary point of contact with all regulators. This is a strategic leadership role, not an administrative one. The Director owns Texas Original's regulatory-compliance program end to end, serves as the company's principal internal interface with DPS (and with the DEA upon federal registration), and brings sophisticated legal and regulatory judgment in-house - anticipating and neutralizing enforcement exposure before it materializes, and ensuring that when regulators engage, they meet a disciplined, meticulously documented organization. Physical security is overseen through a Security Manager who reports to this role.
Key Responsibilities:Regulatory strategy, enforcement readiness, and agency interface - Serve as the company's primary strategic interface with DPS and, upon federal registration, the DEA - managing these relationships with professionalism, credibility, and sound legal judgment.
- Lead the company's response to inspections, audits, investigations, information requests, and any administrative or enforcement action - coordinating with outside regulatory counsel on contested or high-stakes matters and escalating appropriately.
- Provide authoritative in-house interpretation of the Texas Compassionate Use Program (CUP), DPS Administrative Rules, and applicable state and federal law; translate legal requirements into defensible, practical operating procedures across the business.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments, assess their impact, and position the company ahead of change.
Diversion prevention and program integrity - the paramount risk - Lead and manage a best-in-class diversion-prevention and inventory-integrity program (seed-to-sale / track-and-trace, reconciliation, and loss investigation) engineered to withstand scrutiny.
- Lead internal audits to identify and close any potential gaps; maintain continuous inspection readiness across all licensed cultivation, manufacturing, laboratory, fulfillment, transportation, and retail locations.
- Develop, implement, and monitor corrective and preventive action (CAPA) plans arising from audits, inspections, or investigations, and track outcomes to closure.
- Maintain all required compliance documentation, records, licenses, registrations, permits, and inspection files, and coordinate all regulatory reporting, submissions, renewals, and correspondence.
Federal / DEA controlled-substance compliance (upon registration) - Own the company's DEA registration compliance: registration-file maintenance, initial inventory upon grant of registration, biennial inventories, and federal recordkeeping under 21 CFR Parts 1301 and 1304.
- Implement DEA-conformant employee screening (21 CFR 1301.90) and required security controls.
- Serve as the company's point of contact for DEA inspections alongside DPS.
Oversight of physical security (delegated) - Set the standards and policy for the company's physical-security program and oversee the Security Manager, who administers access control, credentialing, visitor management, CCTV surveillance, alarm and intrusion-detection systems, key/badge control, and incident response.
- Ensure the security program satisfies all regulatory requirements and that surveillance, access, and product-handling controls will hold up under regulator review - setting direction and verifying results rather than personally operating systems.
Leadership and culture - Direct investigations into any inventory discrepancies, unauthorized access, and compliance concerns - ensuring reportable incidents reach regulators within required timelines.
- Build and lead the compliance function; partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Cultivation, Retail, Quality, Facilities, IT, HR, and Finance to embed compliance into daily operations and support new openings, expansions, and operational changes.
- Develop and deliver training on regulatory compliance, diversion prevention, incident reporting, and confidentiality; instill a company-wide culture in which compliance is understood as the company's protection, not a constraint.
- Define KPIs for the compliance and security programs and report regularly to executive leadership on regulatory risk and posture.
What You'll Need to Succeed:Required - Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the State Bar of Texas - or active U.S. bar membership with the ability to become licensed in Texas.
- Five (5)+ years in regulatory compliance, regulatory or administrative law, or government/agency enforcement - with meaningful experience in a heavily regulated, enforcement-intensive industry (e.g., cannabis, pharmaceuticals or controlled substances, alcohol/TABC, gaming, healthcare, or financial services).
- Proven ability to interpret complex regulations and translate them into practical, defensible operating procedures.
- Three (3)+ years of leadership or supervisory experience, with sound judgment, discretion, and executive-level written and verbal communication.
Strongly preferred - Experience with controlled-substance regulation (DEA / 21 CFR), Texas administrative law, or prior service with a government or regulatory agency (e.g., DPS, the Office of the Attorney General, or a comparable enforcement/regulatory body).
- Prior in-house regulatory/compliance leadership or regulatory practice at a law firm; experience standing up a compliance program in a newly regulated or licensing-driven business.
- Experience overseeing multi-site operations and a subordinate security or investigations function.
Working Conditions:- Ability to travel between company locations throughout Texas as needed, and to walk cultivation, manufacturing, warehouse, and retail facilities; occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
- Availability to respond to time-sensitive regulatory or security matters outside normal business hours when necessary.
Benefits Package:Medical, Dental, Vision
Telehealth - Medical
Telehealth - Mental Health Counseling
401(k) with company matching
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Bereavement leave
Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts
Basic Term Life Insurance and AD&D
Travel Reimbursement (if applicable)
Gym Reimbursement up to $50/month
& More
