Updated August 14, 2026

20 open positions

Operations Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ operations research jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and rotating 4-day weeks—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Kinaxis, Assembled, and CHAOS Industries.

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Senior Software Developer, Operations Research

Kinaxis

RemoteCanada or USA

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Application Solution Architect

1mo

Kinaxis

RemoteUSA

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Researcher

3mo

Technergetics

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$75k – $150k

Lead Applied Value Engineer

24d

Celonis

RemoteUnited Arab Emirates

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Engineering Manager - Forecasting & Scheduling

1mo

Assembled

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$230k – $270k

Machine Learning Manager, Operations

1mo

Monzo

RemoteUK

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave£113k – £145k

Principal Analyst, Operations and Health Systems Research

Biogen

HybridCambridge, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$141k – $188k

Data Scientist

Adobe

HybridSeattle, USA

58 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$158k – $229k

Software Developer, Operations Research

Kinaxis

HybridOttawa or Toronto

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteWashington, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Industrial Engineer

20d

United Launch Alliance

HybridDecatur, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Lead AI/ML Engineer (P4645)

27d

84.51°

HybridCincinnati or Chicago

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$125k – $207k

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Specialist

23d

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridChantilly, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Software Engineer - Forecasting & Scheduling

1mo

Assembled

OnsiteSan Francisco or New York City

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$135k – $280k

Engineering Manager - Forecasting & Scheduling

1mo

Assembled

OnsiteSan Francisco or New York City

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$250k – $300k

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Machine Learning/Operations Research Platform Engineer

1mo

Kinaxis

HybridOttawa or Toronto

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Senior Solution Consultant, Operation Research Lead

1mo

Kinaxis

HybridOttawa or Toronto

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Operations Research on this page include Kinaxis, Assembled, and CHAOS Industries. Operations Research 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 Operations Research is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Operations Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Operations Research 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 — Operations Research 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. Operations Research 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 Operations Research 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 Operations Research on current listings.

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