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Qualitative Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 25+ qualitative research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Match Group, BBC, and Etsy.

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compressed weeks 6
flexible hours 2
unlimited PTO 3
best places to work 8
generous parental leave 3

Updated September 12, 2026

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UX Researcher

3mo

rtCamp · Remote · Worldwide

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Manager, UX Research

2mo

Smartsheet · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$155k – $188k

Senior Audience Research Exec

NEW

BBC · Hybrid · Salford, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£29k – £33k

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Senior Research Executive

BBC · Hybrid · Salford, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£29k – £33k

Senior Research Manager – Education, Learning & Skills, Higher Education

2mo

IFF Research · Hybrid · London, UK

83 · Great4 Day Work Week

Market Research Analyst II

Etsy · Hybrid · Brooklyn, NY, USA

58 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

User Experience Researcher, Platform

NEW

Anthropic · Hybrid · New York, NY +2 more

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave

UX Researcher

Arizona State University · Hybrid · Scottsdale, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$75k – $85k

Principal UX Researcher

Zocdoc · Hybrid · New York, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$187k – $240k

Research Assistant in Mixed-Methods/Qualitative Research: Therapeutic robotic animals for care home residents with cognitive decline (ROBO-CARE project)

22d

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Research Associate: Urban Transformation and Innovation

1mo

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Market Research & Insights Lead

1mo

carwow · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO

UX Researcher

10d

Match Group · Hybrid · Dallas, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Staff UX Researcher, Payments Growth

1mo

Airbnb · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours$180k – $224k

Program Documentation and Learning Coordinator

3mo

Khan Academy · Hybrid · New Delhi, Delhi, India

63 · GoodSummer Fridays

Director of Product Management (Claims)

23d

SafeLease · Hybrid · Austin, TX, USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Post Doctoral Scholar- CATALYST

29d

Ohio State University · Onsite · Columbus, OH, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Senior Researcher - Consumer Insights, Series

2mo

Netflix · Hybrid · Los Angeles, CA, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$250k – $370k

Market Research Analyst III

14d

Etsy · Hybrid · Brooklyn, NY, USA

58 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$138k – $186k

Sr. Product Manager, Dev Platform

1mo

Lucid Software · Hybrid · Raleigh, NC or Salt Lake City, UT

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Employers hiring for Qualitative Research on this page include Match Group, BBC, and Etsy. Qualitative Research 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 Qualitative Research is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Qualitative Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 25 open roles requiring Qualitative Research 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 — Qualitative Research 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. Qualitative Research 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 Qualitative Research 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 Qualitative Research on current listings.

Qualitative Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 25+ qualitative research jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Match Group, BBC, and Etsy.

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