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Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 24+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Spotify, Anthropic, and Airbnb.

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compressed weeks 7
generous PTO 5
unlimited PTO 5
best places to work 2
generous parental leave 2

Updated September 12, 2026

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Policy Manager, Korea

4mo

Airbnb · Remote · Seoul, South Korea

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager

16d

Samsara · Remote · Washington, DC, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$109k – $212k

Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager, State/Local

1mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

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

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Compliance Analyst- Office of Public Records

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13h

University of Washington · Hybrid · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$70k – $80kPro · early access

Government & Political Science Internship

United Launch Alliance · Onsite · Arlington, VA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

External Affairs

NEW

Anthropic · Hybrid · Seoul, South Korea

55 · GoodGenerous Parental LeavePro · early access

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership | Advanced Associate Professor or Full Professor with tenure

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Assistant to the Director / State Relations Associate

University of Washington · Hybrid · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$66k – $72k

Research Associate: Urban Transformation and Innovation

1mo

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Corporate Communications Media Manager

16d

M&G · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO

Community Services Director

10d

City of Corona · Onsite · Corona, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$203k – $246k

Communications Lead, France and Southern Europe

Anthropic · Hybrid · Paris, France

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

Manager, Public Policy, Southeast & Gulf

15d

Airbnb · Onsite · New Orleans, LA, USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$157k – $174k

State and Local Government Affairs Manager

16d

Spotify · Onsite · New York, USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

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

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

2mo

Oregon State University · Hybrid · Corvallis, OR, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations

3mo

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

1mo

Netflix · Onsite · Washington, DC, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$260k – $463k

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Employers hiring for Public Policy on this page include Spotify, Anthropic, and Airbnb. 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 24 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 24+ public policy jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Spotify, Anthropic, and Airbnb.

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