Updated August 14, 2026

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Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 27+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Netflix, Merck, and Historic England.

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State Government Affairs Director - Field Based

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$207k – $311k

Senior Manager, Public Policy

4mo

Airbnb

RemoteUSA

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$164k – $205k

Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager, State/Local

28d

Samsara

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$91k – $137k

Research Associate: Urban Transformation and Innovation

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Pre-Doctoral Research Specialist (Real Estate Center)

University of Pennsylvania

HybridPhiladelphia, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$45k – $65k

Access and Value Strategy Manager

Merck

HybridBogotá, Colombia

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Manager, Policy Communications

Netflix

HybridWashington, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$260k – $463k

Executive Director, Public Policy & Government Relations Animal Health Europe

Merck

HybridBrussels, Belgium

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Deputy Policy Director

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$92k – $138k

Senior Strategy Manager, Government Affairs | Housing

EliseAI

OnsiteNew York City, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $250k

Head of Sector Resilience

17d

Historic England

HybridYork +7 more

71 · GreatCompressed week

Senior Policy Adviser (Devolution, Housing and Investment)

23d

Historic England

HybridYork +7 more

71 · GreatCompressed week£41k – £44k

Insights Fellow

28d

Avoq

HybridWashington, USA

69 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$39k

Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs

2mo

Spotify

HybridBrussels, Belgium

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Policy Manager, Korea

3mo

Airbnb

HybridSeoul, South Korea

64 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Head of Government Affairs (ANZ)

3mo

Spotify

OnsiteSydney, Australia

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

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

1mo

Oregon State University

HybridCorvallis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations

2mo

Block

HybridWashington, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$290k – $435k

Thomas and Colleen Wilmot Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

2mo

Syracuse University

OnsiteSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

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

21d

Solar Landscape

HybridAsbury Park, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$75k – $100k

Community & Municipal Engagement Manager - Community Solar (Illinois)

22d

Solar Landscape

HybridChicago, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$75k – $100k

Manager, State Regulatory & Production Policy (South)

1mo

Netflix

HybridWashington, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$240k – $370k

Senior Manager, Canadian Policy and Public Affairs

1mo

Waabi

HybridToronto, Canada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$190k – $230k

Director, Global Safety Regulatory Compliance

28d

Match Group

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

National Security Policy Lead, Biotech

1mo

Anthropic

HybridWashington, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$295k – $345k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Public Policy on this page include Netflix, Merck, and Historic England. 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 26 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.

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Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 27+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Netflix, Merck, and Historic England.

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