Updated July 22, 2026

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deadline management Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 23+ deadline management jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Washington University in St. Louis, Immediate Media Co, and BerlinRosen.

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Research Administrator

Washington University in St. Louis

RemoteUSA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Grant Specialist II

Washington University in St. Louis

RemoteUSA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Grant Specialist II

Washington University in St. Louis

RemoteUSA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Paralegal, Litigation

1mo

Coinbase

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$105k – $124k

Senior Grants Specialist

Washington University in St. Louis

RemoteUSA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Operations Technician

11d

BBC

HybridCardiff, UK

80 · GreatCompressed week£26k – £29k

Reporter - This Week in Fintech

Plaid

HybridNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Attorney - Financial Institutions

Experian

HybridSão Paulo, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Horticultural Sub Editor

21d

Immediate Media Co

HybridLondon, UK

70 · GreatHalf day fridays£40k

Horticultural Content Creator

21d

Immediate Media Co

HybridLondon, UK

70 · GreatHalf day fridays£34k

Data Journalist

27d

9fin

HybridNew York, USA

70 · Great5 day weekVery Flexible$150k – $175k

Graphic Designer

1mo

BerlinRosen

HybridNew York or Washington

69 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$70k

Operations Specialist

13d

Opendoor

HybridPhoenix, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Library Technical Assistant (Offsite Storage)

15h

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Faculty Affairs Specialist

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Space Planning Coordinator

15h

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Admissions and Recruitment Specialist

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Associate Director, Prospect Management

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridClayton, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Associate Director, Advancement Communications

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridClayton, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Assistant Director, Advancement Communications

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridClayton, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Manager Clinical Trials - Cardiology

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Director of Student Academic Affairs and Associate Dean - College of Arts & Sciences

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

Contract & Grant Coordinator

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week

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Employers hiring for Deadline Management on this page include Washington University in St. Louis, Immediate Media Co, and BerlinRosen. Deadline Management roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Deadline Management is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Deadline Management roles span the full seniority range — we list 23 open roles requiring Deadline Management across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Deadline Management hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Deadline Management roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Deadline Management candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Deadline Management on current listings.