Regional Talent Acquisition Lead

Overview:

High Tide is seeking a Regional Talent Acquisition Lead for our retail operations to oversee recruitment strategies and execution within assigned regions across Canada. Reporting directly to the Recruitment Lead, this role will manage end-to-end recruitment for retail operations, ensuring compliance with provincial regulations and delivering an exceptional candidate experience. The Regional Lead will act as a strategic partner to regional managers, driving innovative sourcing techniques and supporting workforce planning initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruitment for retail positions within assigned region, including job postings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer management.
• Partner with Regional Managers and Store Leaders to forecast hiring needs and develop proactive talent pipelines.
• Lead regional recruitment calls and provide updates on hiring progress, challenges, and market insights.
• Implement creative sourcing strategies to attract top talent in competitive markets.
• Maintain strong relationships with local community networks, job boards, and educational institutions to support regional hiring goals.
• Act as a brand ambassador to promote High Tide's employer value proposition.
• Ensure adherence to provincial employment laws, cannabis industry regulations, and company policies.
• Track and report recruitment metrics for the region using ATS and Smartsheet tools.
• Provide weekly and monthly updates on requisition status and candidate pipelines.
• Deliver a seamless candidate experience from application to onboarding.
• Support onboarding coordination for new hires in collaboration with HR and store leadership.

Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of full-cycle recruitment experience, preferably in retail or high-volume environments.
• 1–2 years of experience in a lead or supervisory role.
• Knowledge of cannabis retail regulations across Canadian provinces (asset).
• Diploma or degree in Human Resources or related field (asset).
• Proficiency in ATS systems, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Understanding of hiring of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workforce.
• RPR designation, an asset and/or ability to get RPR designation
• Able to make sound business decisions and evidence-based recommendations to senior management.
• Effective communication skills with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills as well as presentation skills.
• Computer literacy, including effective working skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required.

About Us:

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world's most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count⁷. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

• Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 200+ current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
• Retail Innovation: Fastendr is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
• Consumption Accessories: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory e-commerce platforms across the world, including , , , and
• E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including , , , and

Brands: High Tide's industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud, Cabana Cannabis Co, Daily High Club, Vodka Glass, Puff Puff Pass, Dopezilla, Atomik, Hue, Evolution and more.

CBD: High Tide continues to cultivate the possibilities of consumer CBD through , , and

Wholesale Distribution: High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant.

Licensing: High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz name.

High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine, and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in both 2022 and 2024 TSX Venture 50. High Tide was also ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas' Fastest Growing Companies for 2024.

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