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CrusoeCrusoe

Employee Relations Manager

1w ago
USA
CrusoeCrusoe

Employee Relations Manager

1w ago
USA

Support workplace concerns, conflict resolution, and internal investigations across the company.

Responsibilities

  • As an Employee Relations Manager, you will support workplace concerns, conflict resolution, and internal investigations across the company. You bring strong listening skills, sound judgment, and a people-first approach to resolving issues, with a practical, grounded sensibility rather than reliance on rigid process. You'll work closely with senior People team members and Legal as you build your ER expertise in a fast-moving environment.
  • This is a fully onsite position, requiring five days a week at our Denver, CO office.
  • Support Investigations: Assist with and conduct internal investigations involving workplace complaints or concerns. Ensure documentation is accurate, handling is fair, and cases are moving on a timely basis — with guidance available for complex matters.
  • Handle Sensitive Situations: Serve as a responsive, discreet point of contact for employees and managers dealing with sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
  • Support Cross-Functional Partners: Help protect the bandwidth of Employee Success Partners by handling day-to-day ER cases so they can stay focused on strategic work.
  • Policy Consistency: Partner with Legal, Compliance, and People Operations to apply workplace policies fairly and consistently. Help track cases to support consistent outcomes over time.
  • Manager Support: Act as a sounding board for managers navigating tough employee situations, performance concerns, and policy questions — escalating to senior partners when needed.
  • Employment Law Application: Apply working knowledge of federal employment law and Colorado-specific requirements in day-to-day ER work. Seek guidance on complex legal questions.
  • Training Participation: Support the delivery of manager training on conflict resolution, documentation practices, and early ER risk identification.
  • Risk Awareness: Stay attuned to workplace dynamics and flag early signs of morale issues or cultural concerns to senior team members.

Requirements

  • HR/ER Experience: 3–5 years of HR generalist or employee relations experience, with exposure to investigations, performance management, and employee-facing advisory work.
  • Fast-Moving Environments (Bonus): Experience in a scaling or high-growth company is a plus.
  • Employment Law Knowledge: Solid working knowledge of federal employment law; familiarity with Colorado labor law preferred. Deep California law expertise is not required for this role.
  • Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Strong written and verbal communication; able to navigate difficult conversations with discretion and empathy.
  • Travel: Willingness to travel periodically as needed (up to ~10–15%).
  • Location: Must be based in Denver, CO.

Conditions

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to HSA account
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
  • Professional development & tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health & wellness support
  • Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance
  • Additional perks & programs specific to location
  • Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $110,000 -$135,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
  • Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

Other

  • Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
  • We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
  • We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
  • If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
  • Employment Law Foundation: Working knowledge of federal employment law and Colorado labor regulations, with a willingness to deepen expertise over time.
  • Relationship Builder: A genuine listener who builds trust quickly and reads interpersonal dynamics with care.
  • Pragmatic Problem Solver: Comfortable navigating ambiguous or sensitive situations with good judgment, even without a step-by-step playbook.
  • Emotional Intelligence: Calm and composed when handling stressful or emotionally charged employee situations.
  • Organized & Detail-Oriented: Keeps cases moving, meets deadlines, and maintains clean documentation.
  • Own Corporate ER Strategy: Senior team members lead long-term ER planning and trend analysis; you'll contribute data and observations to support that work.
  • Own General HR Compliance: People Operations owns handbook documentation, operational workflows outside ER, and core compliance tracking.
  • Run Other HR Functions: This role does not own org design, talent development, payroll, benefits, or immigration.
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