Employee Relations Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Healthcare coverage

Flexible freelance hours

Job summary

Danaher in Houston, TX is seeking an Employee Relations Manager for a freelance role with ownership and momentum. With 7 years of experience, you will navigate negotiations and keep projects moving in a fast-paced environment.

You'll read signals, re-prioritize proactively, and translate stakeholder needs into concrete initiatives across time zones. This role rewards clear thinking, accountability, and practical problem-solving.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in employee relations or negotiation roles.
• Freelance/contract experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Read signals and reprioritize without being asked.
• Keep Houston stakeholders briefed with concise updates.
• Coordinate initiatives across multiple time zones and tools.
• Resolve customer concerns with outcomes-focused approach.
• Translate stakeholder asks into a clear initiative plan.
• Bring practical instincts to solve unanticipated problems.

Skills

Negotiation

Teamwork

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Problem solving

Tools

Teamwork

Job description

We saved the Employee Relations Manager spot at Danaher for someone who treats Negotiation like a question worth asking again every Houston, TX morning. With 7 years of experience under your belt, you'll step into a freelance position paying $95,000 - $144,000 where ownership and momentum matter.

Key Responsibilities

• Read Danaher's general signals and reprioritize without being asked
• Keep Houston, TX stakeholders briefed without burying them in updates
• Carry the Initiative thread across three time zones and two tools
• Resolve customer concerns with patience and a focus on outcomesSpot the Houston pattern in feedback before it becomes a complaint
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Initiative plan
• Bring 6 of general instinct to problems the playbook misses

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on familiarity with Teamwork, sharpened by Negotiation side projects
• Hands-on general experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• A point of view on Danaher's space, sharpened by your own reading
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first

Danaher is a small but transparent TX company that punches well above its weight in the general space. Giving and receiving direct feedback is a skill we practice openly across every level.

The package speaks for itself: $95,000 - $144,000, coaching, coverage, and the flexible freelance hours that unpretentious general pros expect.

Hiring for this position is live and moving quickly, with interviews already underway.