Associate HR Business Partner

In this role you will support Green Thumb's Rhode Island production site as part of the People Team, aligning HR strategy with site objectives to enable rapid growth. You will work closely with hourly teams, supervisors, and site leadership to scale culture, manage employee relations, and implement scalable HR programs. You'll handle day-to-day HR activities, ensure compliance, and partner cross-functionally to drive workforce readiness and bench strength. This is a hands-on, execution-focused partner role with a meaningful impact on safety, culture, and performance.

• Culture champion to scale and enhance employee engagement and workplace culture
• Serve as confidential resource for employee relations and conduct thorough investigations
• Manage administrative routines (onboarding, data maintenance, pay changes, safety records, badging)
• Roll-out and maintain HR programs and processes for consistency and scale
• Build and maintain relationships across site leadership and the People team
• Ensure employment law awareness and manage leave policies with Total Rewards support
• Partner with HRBP to identify talent gaps and support solutions to close gaps
• Support one-off projects and cross-COE collaborations (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent & Org Development, Employee Relations)
• Maintain safety and compliance, track training, reporting safety/quality concerns
• Record keeping, tooling maintenance, and following area safety requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, HR, or Organizational Development preferred; certifications (SPHR, PHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP) preferred
• 2+ years in HR support or HRBP experience
• Experience supporting production, distribution, or high-growth environments
• Experience supporting large hourly employee populations and regional work
• Excellent communication and ability to interface with all organizational levels
• Self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong organizational and documentation skills
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching abilities
• Operationally strong with attention to detail and ability to connect big-picture with details
• Must be able to obtain state badging and pass background checks for cannabis industry

• excellent communication
• self-directed
• collaboration and cross-functional teamwork
• employee relations
• employment law knowledge
• leave administration