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Policy Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 69+ policy development jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 21 new this week. Hiring companies include Scottish Government, Historic England, and Parsons Corporation.

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9-day fortnights 8
compressed weeks 27
generous PTO 5
unlimited PTO 9
best places to work 8

Updated August 24, 2026

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IT Security Manager

19d

Shape · Remote · Portugal

93 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Head of Policy & Campaigns (Wales)

14d

Mind · Remote · UK

72 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Chief Compliance Officer

10d

AV · Remote · USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$246k – $393k

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Senior Manager - Data & AI Governance

11d

Mercury · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$203k – $282k

Senior Compliance Risk Manager

17d

Mercury · Remote · Canada or USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$147k – $204k

People Operations Manager

21d

Casechek · Remote · USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$100k – $115k

Responsible AI Manager - Agentic AI Governance

24d

Amgen · Remote · USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Lifecycle Counsel, International

2mo

Justworks · Remote · London, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Director, Security Architecture

2mo

ZoomInfo · Remote · Dublin, Ireland

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

AFC Advisory Manager

PCN · Hybrid · Frankfurt, Germany

89 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Senior Economist - Head of Information Management and Strategic Insights Unit

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Economic Adviser

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Edinburgh or Glasgow

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Strategy & Policy Manager

British Business Bank · Hybrid · London, UK

69 · GoodGenerous PTO£55k

Response Manager

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Glasgow or Edinburgh

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Senior Technology and Policy Integration Lead

The Aerospace Corporation · Hybrid · Tysons Corner, VA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$156k – $234k

Principal Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst

NEW

CarGurus · Hybrid · Boston, MA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Employment & Litigation Counsel

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$200k – $275k

People Operations Generalist

Tulip Interfaces · Hybrid · Budapest, Hungary

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Information Technology Analyst

City of Fountain Valley · Onsite · Fountain Valley, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$116k – $140k

Senior Cyber Policy Lead

Anthropic · Hybrid · Washington, DC, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$285k – $330k

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Employers hiring for Policy Development on this page include Scottish Government, Historic England, and Parsons Corporation. Policy Development 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 Development is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Policy Development roles span the full seniority range — we list 63 open roles requiring Policy Development 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 Development 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 Development 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 Development 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 Development on current listings.

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Policy Development Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 69+ policy development jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 21 new this week. Hiring companies include Scottish Government, Historic England, and Parsons Corporation.

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