Project Coordinator, Business Development
A Project Coordinator supports MFUSED's cannabis market-expansion team: researching new state markets, validating findings against primary sources, analyzing data in Excel, and tracking market-entry projects in Asana to keep them on scope, timeline, and budget through the go decision. Onsite in Scottsdale, AZ; no direct reports.
- Compensation
- $31 / hr
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 2+ years coordinating projects or supporting a team (research, analysis, or operations backgrounds welcome)
- Hands-on experience with Asana (or comparable project management tool)
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
- Research habit of verifying sources before sharing; never relying solely on AI-generated information
- Comfort with data analysis: building spreadsheets, comparing markets, presenting findings clearly
- Eye for scope creep, slipping dates, and budget drift, with follow-through to raise them early
- Ability to read contracts, understand them, and give useful feedback
- Clear, professional communication with people at all levels
- Able to hold people to dates without authority — influence, follow-up, managing up
- Discretion with confidential information
- Ability to communicate and partner with people of diverse backgrounds and all levels
- Organized, detail-oriented, comfortable juggling multiple work streams
- At least 21 years of age (industry requirement)
- Must pass a background check
- Able to obtain and maintain required licenses, certifications, or badges
- Authorized to work for any U.S. employer
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with vendor management contracts and other types
- Cannabis, CPG, or regulated multi-state industry experience
- Ability to understand financial reports, cash flow statements, P&L, and balance sheets
Full description
ABOUT MFUSED
MFUSED is a self-funded, founder-led cannabis brand and one of the largest minority-owned cannabis brands in the U.S. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, we are known for clean extracts and proprietary hardware. We sell in five states today — Arizona, Washington, New York, Missouri, and Maryland — with New Jersey and Utah next and more to follow, including international markets.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Project Coordinator, Business Development keeps our market-entry work organized and moving. This role supports the expansion team by gathering and organizing information, tracking tasks in Asana, researching new markets, validating that research against primary sources, and analyzing data that helps leadership decide which states MFUSED enters next. Just as important, this role keeps each market-entry project on the tracks: in scope, on timeline, and on budget — from first look through the go decision and handoff to the Market Execution team, which owns the launch from there. This is not a people-leadership role — there are no direct reports. The coordinator drives momentum instead: pushing owners to hit their deadlines, keeping the expansion team and its leadership in the loop, and managing up when leadership needs to weigh in. Success depends on collaboration across teams. The coordinator works with people at every level — ownership groups, operators, and internal employees — and handles information that requires strict confidentiality.
- This role may be great for you if you are a paralegal wanting to make a shift or recent graduate student wanting to get into cannabis.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Project Coordination & Team Support
- Track expansion tasks, owners, and deadlines in Asana; keep workstreams current and flag anything at risk of slipping
- Gather and organize documents, data, and updates from internal teams and outside partners so the team works from one source of truth
- Prepare agendas, notes, and follow-ups for expansion meetings, and make sure action items get closed out
- Prepare the handoff package at the go decision — plan, open items, contract dates, contacts, and budget to date — and walk the Project Coordinator, Market Execution through it
Scope, Timelines & Budget
- Keep projects in scope — when work drifts beyond what was agreed, flag it and route the change for a decision before it grows
- Keep timelines honest — track milestones, surface slippage early, and hold owners to their dates
- Monitor project spend and track it against budget — flag variances before they become surprises
Market Research & Validation
- Research new and potential markets: licensing rules, market size, pricing, competitive landscape, and regulatory timelines. This is market-entry research that answers "should we enter." Product, consumer, and pricing research inside markets we already sell in is owned by the Product Manager