Updated July 16, 2026

16 open positions

People Operations Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 16+ people operations jobs at companies offering best places to work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Acturis, Armada, and Toast.

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10+

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Head of People

17d

RevenueCat

RemoteUK

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Technical Recruiter & People Operations Partner

19d

DEFCON AI

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Vice President, Employee & Manager Experience

Okta

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Head of People

Copia Automation

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Recruitment Placement Year

13d

Acturis

HybridLondon, UK

73 · Great5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior People Operations Specialist

Gong

HybridAustin +4 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Founding Talent Partner (GTM)

1mo

Sona

HybridNew York, USA

71 · Great5 day weekGenerous PTO

HR Placement Year

13d

Acturis

HybridLondon, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Vice President, People & Talent

22d

Armada

OnsiteBellevue, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Vice President, People & Talent

22d

Armada

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Head of People Technology

1mo

Toast

HybridBoston or Toronto

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Head of People Technology

1mo

Toast

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Global People Operations & Compliance Lead

23d

LogicMonitor

HybridAustin, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior People Partner, Product & Engineering

1mo

Alloy

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

People Ops Representative

1mo

Five9

HybridManila, Philippines

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

People Programs, M&A Lead

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for People Operations on this page include Acturis, Armada, and Toast. People Operations 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 People Operations is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

People Operations roles span the full seniority range — we list 16 open roles requiring People Operations 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 — People Operations 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. People Operations 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 People Operations 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 People Operations on current listings.