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Operations Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 15+ operations research jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Celonis, CHAOS Industries, and Block.

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9-day fortnights 2
generous PTO 1
unlimited PTO 5
best places to work 4
generous parental leave 2

Updated September 23, 2026

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Senior Advanced Analyst, Fraud & Safety Investigations

NEW

Airbnb · Remote · Bangalore, India

64 · GoodFlexible Hours₹2M – ₹2.8MPro · early access

Senior ML/AI Modeler, Risk Automation Machine Learning

1mo

Block · Remote · California, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$229k – $343k

Software Project Lead

1mo

DEFCON AI · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Lead Applied Value Engineer

2mo

Celonis · Remote · United Arab Emirates

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Machine Learning, Tech Lead

2mo

Monzo · Remote · UK

56 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave£113k – £145k

Data Center Supply Planning Lead

1mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Data Scientist IV

Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Onsite · Pasadena, CA, USA

68 · Good9 Day Fortnight$165k – $228k

Senior Applied Value Engineer - High Tech

Celonis · Hybrid · Redwood City, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$200k – $235k

Industrial Engineer

2mo

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Decatur, AL, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Senior Staff Supply Chain Strategy Manager

1mo

Checkr · Hybrid · Nashville, TN, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $186k

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (Reinforcement Learning)

2mo

Amgen · Onsite · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Applied Value Engineer

27d

Celonis · Hybrid · London, UK

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Network Analyst Product Engineer II - Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)

1mo

Esri · Onsite · Redlands, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$80k – $133k

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

1mo

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA or Washington, DC

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Operations Research Analyst, Mission Engineering

3mo

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA or Washington, DC

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Employers hiring for Operations Research on this page include Celonis, CHAOS Industries, and Block. 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 14 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.