The Role The Employee Relations Partner will serve as Hadrian's dedicated resource for managing and resolving complex employee relations matters across both exempt and non-exempt populations. Core focus areas include conducting workplace investigations, managing the reasonable accommodation process end-to-end, supporting policy development and compliance training, and building the ER infrastructure needed to scale with the business. This role sits at the intersection of legal risk management and people care. Responsible not just for resolving cases, but for supporting employees and managers through difficult processes with consistency, integrity, and humanity.
As Hadrian grows, this person will be a key contributor to a broader People Partner model, bringing ER depth as a foundation for strategic business partnership.
What You'll Do- Conduct thorough investigations of complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and other complex employee relations matters including preparing investigative reports
- Manage reasonable accommodation requests from intake through resolution including leading interactive process discussions and making determinations
- Assist with employee handbook updates and rollouts and contribute to policy development
- Partner with People Ops on compliance and completion of regulatory trainings
- Prepare, track and maintain ER metrics for accommodations and investigations and assist with reports for senior management
- Analyze investigation and accommodation case activity to determine trends/recommendations
- Proactively and strategically support ER programs at Hadrian
- Other duties as assigned
What We're Looking For- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience supporting both exempt and non-exempt populations, ideally in environments with manufacturing, engineering, or high-compliance requirements
- Strong execution mindset. Resourceful and thoughtful about how to leverage the support around you to get things done quickly.
- A track record of work that required interpersonal sensitivity, empathy, and discretion in working with confidential people data.
- Excellent verbal and written comms; clear and concise style.
- Excels at working on open-ended problems and running them down to completion.
- Ability to build and run processes than enhance culture and the employee experience.
- Establishes and maintains trust and credibility across all levels of the company.
- Strong knowledge of employment laws and applicable policies
What Will Set You Apart- Comfortable presenting to and working with large groups and facilitating discussions to create a positive and engaging experience.
- Superb organizational skills, with experience triaging many requests and priorities in a high-volume, dynamic environment.
CompensationFor this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $165,000(actual range may vary based on experience).
This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range
Benefits- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
ITAR RequirementsTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
