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Cannabis Executive Recruiters

As the United States seems to be headed toward marijuana legalization in more and more states, entrepreneurial executives in industries like tobacco, beverage, pharma and even luxury retail are eyeing a new industry selling legal cannabis, along with affiliated CBD and hemp products, with billions of dollars of potential upside.

We further have the experience to place the best digital and e-commerce talent in these new vacancies. 

Cannabis Industry Recruitment Market

As CBD and hemp are being touted for their healthful and anti-inflammatory properties, executives in the beauty industry are taking note and planning new products to capitalize on this expanding market.

We are finding that top talent in tobacco, luxury retail, and wines and spirits often have the skill set to be extremely successful in the emerging cannabis market.

Companies like British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, Coca-Cola and Anheuser Busch are actively exploring technology and business investments in legal cannabis markets around the world. Our recruiting specialists find that these fledgling companies and operations need executives that have highly transferable skills and can learn and evolve in this highly transformative market. And while our network is rich with talented and versatile executives from the tobacco industry, we expect the legal cannabis market to require talented marketing, sales, operatives executives from a number of complementary industries.

The legal cannabis industry is experiencing tremendous growth. According to Arcview Market Research and its research partner BDS Analytics, spending on legal cannabis worldwide is expected to hit $57 billion by 2027, with North America, where the industry is exploding due legal changes, set to skyrocket from $9.2 billion in 2017 to $47.3 billion in 2027.

Other Cannabis Categories We Recruit For

Our Cannabis Industry Recruitment Services

Retained Executive Search

Our Cannabis Executive Search Services Offer A Bespoke Approach with Exhaustive Search and In-Depth Assessment


  • Completely customized to your needs
  • In-depth assessments by our team saves you time
  • Utilize a set of custom criteria to narrow your search to the right executive talent and candidate pool

Great choice if you want a completely customized option, and have high level strategic positions to fill.

Professional Search

Our Cannabis Headhunters and Recruitment Consultants Offer A Wide Selection Of Vetted Talents Selected Using Our Time-Tested Process


  • Combines custom criteria with our full database of qualified
  • Efficient, personalized and tailored to your needs
  • Allows you to conduct a search without advertising

A good choice for most executive search needs with a global network access.

Contingency Search*

Our Cannabis Industry Recruiters Offer A Cost-Effective Way to Reach a Qualified Top Talent Pool Quickly and Efficiently

(Only available to long term clients and for specific job openings)


  • Quickly reach out to our large and qualified global network of candidates and talents
  • Take a more active role in evaluating and vetting talents

* This option is only available for long term clients and for very specific opportunities.

Forbes Top 100 Executive Search Firm in 2018-2022

ACCUR Recruiting Services was just named a Top 100 Executive Search Firm and Top 100 Recruitment Firm in 2022 by Forbes Magazine for the 5th consecutive year! (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022)

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Recruiting for Private Equity’s Cannabis Portfolio Companies

With our 16 years of experience in the executive search services, we also built a strong expertise in recruiting C-suite executives for Private Equity Firms having portfolio companies in the Cannabis industry. We understand the specific level of expectations in terms of growth, exit strategies and financial reporting. Often positioned on fast growing and sometimes emerging brands, PE-backed companies and Cannabis brands require senior executives bringing best practices, usually coming from large and Fortune 500 companies, but often benefit from equity driven professionals with previous successful experience in entrepreneurial environments.

For Candidates In The Cannabis Industry

JOB SEEKERS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: For candidates who are looking for their next career opportunities in Cannabis, they can use our Recruitment and Executive Search Firm as a great job search resource and one of the top employment agencies. ACCUR’s job openings are often confidential and not listed on any job boards.

We are committed to provide top career opportunities with some of the best employers on the market. If you wish to be considered for any of our Cannabis industry job opportunities, please submit your resume and search for our latest jobs. We are not your usual staffing agency. We connect you with some of the industry leaders for great permanent positions.

Cannabis Industry Jobs

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of companies are you recruiting for in the Cannabis industry?

The Cannabis industry is still a fairly new market with many small companies. We tend to focus on the ones that are usually Private Equity backed or public already. Here are some names of the typical companies we focus on: Medmen, Cura CS, Mammoth Distribution, Airo Brands, Kush Bottles, TGS Management, Native Roots, LivWell Enlightened Health, Green Dragon…

What kind of roles are you recruiting for in the Cannabis industry?

Like with other categories of products, we tend to work on business driven roles more than support and technical role. We do mostly C-Level, Vice-Presidents and Directors in Sales Business Development, Marketing, Ecommerce and Finance.

What is retained executive search compared to professional recruitment?

Our retained executive search services is a specialized recruitment service that focuses on sourcing and placing high-level management and leadership positions, such as C-suite executives, SVPs and VPs within an organization. In this approach, the hiring company enters into an exclusive agreement with the recruitment firm and pays an upfront retainer fee.

The search process is more thorough and time-intensive, involving extensive research, in-depth candidate assessments, and personalized attention to the client’s needs. Professional recruitment, on the other hand, targets mid-level roles and individual contributor positions within an organization.

The process is typically faster and more streamlined, utilizing also a direct approach of passive candidates, the recruitment firm’s existing candidate network, job advertisements, and other sourcing techniques to find the right candidates. In this scenario, the fee structure is largely based on contingency, meaning most of the fee is due only when a successful placement is made.

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