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Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and summer Fridays—for a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Netflix, Solar Landscape, and Spotify.

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compressed weeks 8
summer Fridays 2
generous PTO 3
unlimited PTO 5
best places to work 2

Updated August 24, 2026

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Policy Manager, Korea

3mo

Airbnb · Remote · Seoul, South Korea

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager, State/Local

1mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$91k – $137k

Associate director advocacy and communications

10d

New Economics Foundation · Hybrid · London, UK

82 · Great4 Day Work Week£71k – £78k

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Public Affairs & Policy Advisor

10d

BBC · Hybrid · Cardiff, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£45k – £55k

Director of Corporate Affairs, Specialty Franchise - Lupus

Biogen · Hybrid · Cambridge, MA, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$192k – $264k

Director of Litigation and Policy, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (3 year Limited Term)

University of Pennsylvania · Onsite · Philadelphia, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Assistant Tax Compliance Manager

Town of Gilbert · Hybrid · Gilbert, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$83k – $125k

Head of Sector Resilience

26d

Historic England · Hybrid · York, England +7 more

71 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Research Associate: Urban Transformation and Innovation

16d

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs

3mo

Spotify · Hybrid · Brussels, Belgium

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Head of Government Affairs (ANZ)

4mo

Spotify · Onsite · Sydney, Australia

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Deputy Policy Director

16d

University of Washington · Hybrid · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$92k – $138k

Director of Extension Fire Program and Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice

1mo

Oregon State University · Hybrid · Corvallis, OR, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations

2mo

Block · Hybrid · Washington, DC, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$290k – $435k

Thomas and Colleen Wilmot Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

3mo

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Senior Manager, Policy Communications

13d

Netflix · Hybrid · Washington, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$260k – $463k

Community & Municipal Engagement Manager - Community Solar (New Jersey)

1mo

Solar Landscape · Hybrid · Asbury Park, NJ, USA

60 · GoodSummer Fridays$75k – $100k

Community & Municipal Engagement Manager - Community Solar (Illinois)

1mo

Solar Landscape · Hybrid · Chicago, IL, USA

60 · GoodSummer Fridays$75k – $100k

Senior Strategy Manager, Government Affairs | Housing

18d

EliseAI · Onsite · New York City, NY, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$200k – $250k

Manager, State Regulatory & Production Policy (South)

1mo

Netflix · Onsite · Washington, DC, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$240k – $370k

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Employers hiring for Public Policy on this page include Netflix, Solar Landscape, and Spotify. Public Policy 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 Public Policy is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

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

Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and summer Fridays—for a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Netflix, Solar Landscape, and Spotify.

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