General Counsel, Part-time, Boca Raton, FL

Job description:

General Counsel

Part-Time Executive | Boca Raton, Florida

About Us

Founded in 2014, Bloom is one of the nation's largest family-owned cannabis companies, with vertically integrated operations across three states. From cultivation to retail, we manage every stage of the process in-house.

We are a fast-growing, innovative cannabis company committed to delivering exceptional products and services. Our mission is to lead the industry in quality, customer experience, and community engagement, while navigating the unique regulatory and operational challenges in the cannabis sector.

Position Overview

The General Counsel serves as a senior enterprise leader responsible for helping guide organizational strategy, operational governance, executive decision making, and enterprise risk management across a complex, highly regulated business environment. This role operates as a core member of executive leadership and functions as a strategic partner to ownership, executive management, and operational leadership.

This is a part-time, in-office executive position based in the Company's Boca Raton, Florida corporate office, with an expectation of working onsite three days per week during standard business hours, approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The role also includes quarterly travel to the Company's Ohio and Maryland operating locations to conduct onsite compliance and operational audits.

The position requires a sophisticated business executive with the ability to evaluate organizational decisions through operational, financial, legal, regulatory, and strategic lenses simultaneously. The successful candidate must possess the judgment, executive presence, and leadership maturity necessary to participate in high-level business decisions affecting company growth, organizational structure, operational performance, risk exposure, and long-term enterprise strategy.

This role is not intended to function solely as a legal advisory position. Rather, it is designed for an executive capable of integrating governance, operational leadership, strategic execution, and organizational oversight within a fast-moving and highly regulated industry.

The ideal candidate will possess significant senior leadership experience within regulated industries such as cannabis, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, gaming, alcohol, or similarly regulated sectors. A Juris Doctor (JD) degree or extensive experience in business law, corporate governance, regulatory affairs, contracts, and enterprise risk management is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Participating in enterprise-level strategic planning and organizational decision making.
• Advising executive leadership on governance, operational risk, regulatory exposure, and business strategy.
• Supporting organizational growth initiatives, expansion strategy, licensing matters, and corporate development activities.
• Overseeing or coordinating governance structures, executive policies, contractual matters, and strategic business negotiations.
• Partnering with operational leadership to evaluate complex business decisions and organizational priorities.
• Assisting in the development of scalable operational infrastructure, leadership systems, and decision-making processes.
• Serving as a senior liaison between executive leadership, ownership, regulators, external counsel, and key business stakeholders.
• Providing leadership during periods of organizational change, operational complexity, crisis management, or strategic transition.
• Evaluating enterprise risk across operational, financial, legal, reputational, and regulatory dimensions.
• Liaising with outside counsel, including regulatory attorneys, tax advisors, and corporate lawyers.
• Reviewing vendor contracts.
• Applying a strong understanding of HR policies.
• Contributing financial acumen, including experience reviewing credit agreements and working with lenders.
• Leading board meetings.

The Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate

• Strong executive judgment and decision-making capability.
• Exceptional organizational and strategic thinking skills.
• The ability to balance business growth objectives with regulatory and operational realities.
• Sophisticated understanding of governance, contracts, negotiations, and enterprise risk.
• Executive-level communication and leadership presence.
• Political judgment, discretion, and high emotional intelligence.
• The ability to lead through ambiguity and operate effectively within evolving regulatory environments.
• A practical, operational mindset rather than a purely advisory orientation.
• Compliance experience in the cannabis industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• A JD degree or equivalent business/legal leadership experience.
• 10 or more years of senior leadership or executive experience.
• Experience operating within multi-state or highly regulated business environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive decision making and organizational strategy.
• Experience managing complex organizational, operational, or regulatory matters.
• Prior cannabis industry experience is required, with strong regulated-industry backgrounds.