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Governance, risk, and compliance roles in California: technology, financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and the AI labs defining the field.
Open GRC roles in California (56)
AI Governance Lead
AI Strategy & Operations Advisor
Compliance Governance & Oversight Lead
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Manager
Senior Privacy Counsel
Policy Design Manager, Age-Appropriate Design
Senior Director, Privacy, Security & Data Compliance
Security GRC Manager: Customer Trust Enablement
Enterprise Risk Analyst
AI and Agentic AI Risk Management Senior Specialist
Engineering Manager - Privacy Infrastructure
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Internal Audit Manager
Senior Compliance Engineer
Director, Compliance Data Science & AI
Associate General Counsel, Product and Privacy
Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance
Governance Risk and Compliance
Engineering Manager, GRC Platform
Staff+ Software Engineer, GRC Platform
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Head of Insurance and Risk Management
Director, Engineering Governance- Bellevue, WA
Director, Engineering Governance- Mountain View, CA
Director, Associate General Counsel, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI
Supply Chain Compliance Project Manager
Staff+ Security Engineer, Risk Engineering
Senior Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) Analyst
Director, International Trade Compliance
Data Governance Engineer
HR Compliance, Risk & Policy Lead
Senior HR Compliance Manager
Senior Privacy Engineer
Senior Privacy Analyst
Privacy and Security Counsel
Senior Legal Program Manager (Hardware Compliance)
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Responsible AI– Applied Research Science
Manager, Supply Chain Process Compliance
Supply Chain Compliance Program Manager
Principal Compliance Engineer
Senior Compliance Automation Engineer
Risk Operations
Program Manager, Explosives and Firearms Compliance
Head of FX & Risk
Chief Audit Officer
Operational Senior Audit Manager, LACC
Internal Audit Lead, Stablecoins & Digital Assets
GRC Engineer
Product Marketing Manager, Privacy and Video Security
Auditor - Business
Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management
Staff Software Engineer, Conversion Data Privacy
Public Notice - Administrative Specialist (Direct Hire)
Auditor
Supervisory Auditor
Associate Director, Data Governance
The California GRC market
California is the epicenter of AI governance hiring. The state pairs the world’s leading AI labs and platform companies with a deep bench of banks, insurers, health systems, and entertainment giants, all of which now need governance, risk, and compliance leaders who understand machine learning. From San Francisco and Silicon Valley to Los Angeles and San Diego, demand spans responsible AI, model risk, privacy under CCPA and CPRA, and traditional GRC. If a role is defining how AI gets governed, odds are it was written in California.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
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