Open GRC roles in California (65)
Director, Information Security
PubMatic
On-site · Redwood City, CA · Full-time
Cybersecurity Posted Aug 2, 2026
VP, Compliance
Alignment Healthcare
Hybrid · Orange, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jul 30, 2026
Third Party Risk Management Analyst
Pacific Life
Hybrid · Newport Beach, CA · Full-time
$113k to $139k Featured Third-Party Risk CISA CRISC CISSP Posted Jul 30, 2026
Senior Data Governance & Responsible AI Lead
City and Public Sector Innovation Group
Hybrid · San Diego, CA · Full-time
Featured AI Governance Posted Jul 29, 2026
Senior Director, US Compliance
Revolution Medicines
On-site · Redwood City, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jul 29, 2026
AI Risk Specialist
Capital Group
On-site · Los Angeles, CA · Full-time
Featured Risk CISA CISM CISSP Posted Jul 27, 2026
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Runway
On-site · San Francisco, CA, WA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jul 27, 2026
Tech Governance - Security Compliance Engineer
OKX
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jul 27, 2026
Manager of Risk & Governance (AI Safety)
Reflection AI
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured AI Governance Posted Jul 27, 2026
Head of Legal & Compliance
Check Technologies
Remote · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jul 27, 2026
AI Governance Analyst
TransUnion
Hybrid · Los Angeles, CA, CA Chicago · Full-time
Featured AI Governance Posted Jul 20, 2026
Compliance Manager, Marketing
Brex
On-site · San Francisco, California · Full-time
$159k to $198k Featured Compliance Posted Jul 5, 2026
Staff Product Manager, Risk Product Experience
Stripe
On-site · Seattle, New-York, San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 2026
Counsel, Product & Regulatory - Payments & AML
Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jul 3, 2026
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst
You.com
Hybrid · San Francisco, California · Full-time
$150k Featured Risk Posted Jun 29, 2026
Senior Workforce Governance Program Manager
Crusoe
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$160k to $190k Featured Governance Posted Jun 28, 2026
Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk Operations
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 28, 2026
Senior GRC Analyst
Crusoe
On-site · San Francisco, California · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 25, 2026
Senior Privacy Software Engineer
Roblox
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$217k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 24, 2026
Staff Software Engineer - Fraud
Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026
Data Scientist, Risk
Gusto
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$186k Featured Risk Posted Jun 22, 2026
Sr Data Scientist, Risk Strategy
OKX
On-site · San Jose, California · Full-time
$224k to $268k Featured Risk Posted Jun 22, 2026
Fraud and Abuse Operations Analyst
Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026
Senior Fraud Research Analyst
Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026
Director of Quality Assurance
Chaos Industries
On-site · El Segundo, California · Full-time
$175k to $220k Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026
Analytics & Automation Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 22, 2026
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026
Agentic Risk Analyst
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 20, 2026
Security Controls Assurance Lead
Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Washington · Full-time
$270k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026
Safeguards Policy Analyst, Fraud & Scams
Anthropic
Remote · Friendly Travel-Required San Francisco, CA, NY · Remote · Full-time
$245k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026
Sr. Staff Security Assurance Engineer
Databricks
On-site · Mountain View, California · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026
Senior Software Engineer - Fraud
Roblox
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$197k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026
Strategic Operations Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 20, 2026
Head of Product, Assurance
Drata
On-site · Hybrid - San Francisco · Full-time
$208k to $281k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026
Internal Audit Manager
Lyft
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$136k to $170k Featured Audit CISA Posted Jun 17, 2026
Senior Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) Analyst
Headway
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$162k Featured Compliance Posted Jun 17, 2026
Internal Audit Lead, Stablecoins & Digital Assets
Stripe
On-site · San Francisco, Seattle, New York City · Full-time
Featured Audit CISA CISSP Posted Jun 17, 2026
Policy Design Manager, Age-Appropriate Design
Anthropic
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$245k to $285k Featured AI Governance Posted Jun 16, 2026
AI Governance Lead
Auto Club Enterprises (AAA)
Hybrid · Costa Mesa, CA · Full-time
$133k to $177k Featured AI Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
AI Strategy & Operations Advisor
GHJ
Hybrid · Los Angeles, CA · Contract
$150 to $200 Featured AI Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Compliance Governance & Oversight Lead
Anthropic
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$270k to $345k Featured Compliance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Manager
Sigma Computing
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$190k to $215k Featured Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Senior Privacy Counsel
Verkada
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
Featured Privacy Posted Jun 13, 2026
Senior GRC Lead
Brex
On-site · San Francisco, California · Full-time
$154k to $192k Featured Governance CISA CISSP Posted Jun 13, 2026
Security GRC Manager: Customer Trust Enablement
Sierra
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Governance CISA CISM CRISC Posted Jun 13, 2026
Senior Compliance Engineer
Anduril Industries
On-site · Costa Mesa, California · Full-time
$146k Featured Compliance Secret CISM CISSP Posted Jun 13, 2026
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$405k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 13, 2026
Governance Risk and Compliance
Figma
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY • · Full-time
$153k Featured Compliance CISA CISM CRISC Posted Jun 13, 2026
Associate General Counsel, Product and Privacy
Scale AI
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Privacy Posted Jun 13, 2026
Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance
Scale AI
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Engineering Manager, GRC Platform
Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$320k Featured Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Staff+ Software Engineer, GRC Platform
Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$320k Featured Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Scale AI
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 13, 2026
Risk Operations
Column
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$125k to $150k Featured Risk Posted Jun 13, 2026
Supply Chain Compliance Program Manager
Anduril Industries
On-site · Costa Mesa, California · Full-time
$112k Featured Compliance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Staff+ Security Engineer, Risk Engineering
Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$320k Featured Risk Posted Jun 13, 2026
Data Governance Engineer
Chime
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$160k Featured Data Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Responsible AI– Applied Research Science
Pinterest
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured AI Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Principal Compliance Engineer
True Anomaly
On-site · Denver, CO, CA or SF Bay Area or Washington D.C. · Full-time
$195k to $270k Featured Compliance TS/SCI CISSP Posted Jun 13, 2026
Senior Compliance Automation Engineer
True Anomaly
On-site · Denver, CO, CA or SF Bay area · Full-time
$175k to $210k Featured Compliance TS/SCI CISA CRISC CISSP Posted Jun 13, 2026
Chief Audit Officer
Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Audit Posted Jun 13, 2026
GRC Engineer
Verkada
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$200k Featured Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
Product Marketing Manager, Privacy and Video Security
Verkada
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$120k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 13, 2026
Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management
OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 13, 2026
Associate Director, Data Governance
Exelixis
Hybrid · Alameda, CA · Full-time
$195k to $275k Featured Data Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026
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.
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California GRC at a glance
Key sectors: technology, financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and the AI labs defining the field. On the board now: 65 local and 0 remote-eligible roles.
Compliance Officer paystats as of Q2 2026
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