Employee Relations Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible work terms

Job summary

Houston Methodist, based in Escondido, CA, seeks an Employee Relations Manager to own cross-team handoffs, surface risks with fixes, and guide manager-level initiatives with integrity and empathy.

The role emphasizes thoughtful feedback, strong listening, and a portfolio of impact in contract roles, offering mentorship, benefits, and flexible terms to work from Escondido on your own terms.

Qualifications

• Proven aptitude for written communication.
• Empathy with soft feedback delivery.
• Leadership experience guiding manager-level initiatives.
• Integrity to own and flag errors.
• Listening that makes others feel heard.

Responsibilities

• Map handoffs between CA teams to ensure nothing falls through.
• Surface risks early with proposed fixes.
• Monitor work quality and flag issues before escalation.
• Root-cause analysis instead of quick patches.
• Manage competing demands while keeping detail orientation.
• Avoid cultural awareness debt and drive inclusion.
• Transform Time Management chaos into an actionable backlog.
• Share general knowledge not captured in wikis.

Skills

Written communication

Empathy

Leadership experience

Integrity

Active listening

Contract-role management

Portfolio-driven impact

Job description

The Employee Relations Manager we're after at Houston Methodist reads Time Management the way most people read headlines: quickly, and between the lines. Rare is the manager opening that pairs $118,000 - $180,000 with the freedom to shape general work the way this Escondido one does.

Key Responsibilities

• Map the handoffs between CA teams so nothing falls in the cracks
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached
• Monitor work quality and flag issues before they escalation
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch
• Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high
• Refuse to let Cultural Awareness debt quietly accumulate on your watch
• Convert Time Management chaos into a backlog someone can actually work
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet

What You'll Bring

• Proven aptitude for Written Communication, ideally near Escondido, CA
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Proven leadership experience guiding manager-level initiatives
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• Experience at the manager level inside a contract role
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume

Houston Methodist is an Escondido, CA-based company on an empathy-led path to redefine the general industry. The unwritten rule in Escondido is simple: leave the codebase kinder than you found it.

For your Conflict Resolution and 8 of grit, we offer $118,000 - $180,000, mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to do Escondido on your terms.

Updated today and reviewed daily, the general role stays open.