Updated July 3, 2026

22 open positions

Policy Analysis Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ policy analysis jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Anthropic, University of Manchester, and Discord.

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Senior Manager, Federal Policy and Public Affairs

10d

Waabi

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k - $250k

Senior Policy Economist

1mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Anthropic Fellows Program (Economics & Policy)

1mo

Anthropic

RemoteUSA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Engagement Assistant

14d

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Research and Policy Lead (Experimental Governance)

15d

Nuffield Foundation

HybridLondon, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Research Associate (Qualitative)

15d

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Engagement Manager

1mo

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Principal, Contract Manager

18d

Workday UK and Ireland

HybridLondon, UK

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Regulatory Counsel (APAC)

23d

Discord

OnsiteAustralia, Australia

67 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Research Engineer, Rule of Law

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Trust & Safety

11d

Match Group

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Client Technical Specialist

11d

Experian

HybridHeredia, Costa Rica

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Policy Manager, Korea

1mo

Airbnb

HybridSeoul, South Korea

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Head of Government Affairs Australia New Zealand

2mo

Spotify

OnsiteSydney, Australia

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Director, Government Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

15d

George Washington University

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Water Research and Engagement

1mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Director, Donor Fund Compliance

1mo

George Washington University

HybridWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Assistant Planner

15d

City of Carson

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$89k - $113k

Data Scientist, Policy

1mo

Anthropic

HybridNew York City +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Policy Analysis on this page include Anthropic, University of Manchester, and Discord. Policy Analysis 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 Policy Analysis is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Policy Analysis roles span the full seniority range — we list 22 open roles requiring Policy Analysis 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 — Policy Analysis 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. Policy Analysis 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 Policy Analysis 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 Policy Analysis on current listings.