# Senior Manager, Employee Relations at Relativity Space > United States · Manager · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Arelativity%3A8936959002 (read 2026-11-10). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Relativity Space](https://alderhq.app/companies/relativity-space) - Location text: Long Beach, California, United States; LB - Wormhole HQ (CA) - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Long Beach, California, United States; LB - Wormhole HQ (CA)") - Posted: 2026-11-10 (0 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-10 · last verified: 2026-11-10 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8936959002?gh_jid=8936959002 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $151k–$226k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (Los Angeles, n 540): p25 $85k, median $125k, p75 $153k ## Description (the employer's text) At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us. About the Team: The People team is a core enabler of the business, with a true seat at the table and broad visibility across the company. From compensation and benefits to performance and onboarding, the team takes a comprehensive approach to supporting employees and leaders alike. We embed ourselves into departments, understanding needs and shaping the foundational strategies that will help individuals thrive as the company scales. Every challenge is an opportunity to solve for what really matters, with agility, empathy, and creativity. About the Role: Our Head of Employee Relations leads the Employee Relations team and owns the day-to-day operation of the function as it scales. This role will have a direct report and personally carries the most complex and highest-risk matters, including those involving senior leaders, while building the capability, standards, and infrastructure that allow the broader team to handle volume consistently and defensibly. The ideal candidate is a seasoned investigator who has since moved into leadership: someone who can set the standard for investigative quality, coach others to meet it, advise executives with credibility, and translate case data into the policy and program changes that keep issues from recurring. - Team Leadership (30%) - Investigations (30%) - Case Management, Analytics, and Reporting (15%) - HR Policy, Compliance, and Governance (15%) - Training, Enablement, and Manager Capability (10%) About You: - Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced HR degree/education is a plus - 12+ years of Employee Relations/Human Resources or equivalent experience, including substantial time leading complex and high-risk workplace investigations - 2+ years directly managing and developing HR or Employee Relations professionals, with a track record of raising the quality of other people’s work - Experience scaling an Employee Relations function — building the intake, case management, standards, and reporting infrastructure, not only operating within one that already exists - You have strong knowledge of ER, labor relations, training, and conflict resolution - You have a deep understanding of FMLA, EEO laws, ADA and other employment-related state and federal laws & regulations in the United States, with experience working with a large California workforce. Nice to haves but not required: - Relevant HR/workplace investigation certifications, such as Society for Human Resource Management and Association of Workplace Investigators - Experience using artificial intelligence in HR/employee relations - Experience standing up or administering Navex/EthicsPoint or other equivalent case management tools - Experience supporting a multi-site population across more than one state, including non-exempt employees At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Arelativity%3A8936959002 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.