Job Details Working Title: Project Manager Job Class: State Program Administrator, Manager Agency: Cannabis Management Office - Job ID: 97838
- Location: St. Paul
- Telework Eligible: Yes
- 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
Job Summary 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.
Qualifications 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 A job offer will be contingent upon successfully passing a background check. The background check may consist of the following components:
- 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.
Application Details How to Apply Select "Apply for Job" at the top of this page. If you have questions about applying for jobs, contact the Careers Help Desk at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . For additional information about the application process, go to http://www.mn.gov/careers .
Contact If you have questions about this position, contact Jeannette Wakefield at jeannette.wakefield1@state.mn.us or 651-539-5001 .
To receive consideration as a Connect 700 Program applicant, apply online, email the Job ID#, the Working Title and your valid Proof of Eligibility Certificate by the closing date to Jeannette Wakefield at jeannette.wakefield1@state.mn.us .
The Office of Cannabis Management supports our Veterans in job employment. If invited to interview, recently separated veterans will be required to present their DD-214 to the hiring agency for verification.
