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San Diego GRC Jobs

Governance, risk, and compliance jobs in San Diego: defense and naval systems, biotech and life sciences, healthcare and senior services, telecom, and higher education.

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Open GRC jobs in San Diego (5)

Contracts and Compliance Analyst

Gallagher
On-site · San Diego, California · Full-time
Compliance CCEP Aug 31, 2026

VP, Compliance & Risk

St. Paul's Senior Services
On-site · San Diego, California · Full-time
$196k to $244k Featured Compliance CCEP Aug 31, 2026

Government Information Specialist (Privacy/HIPPA)

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
On-site · Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California · Full-time
$85k to $111k Featured Privacy Aug 23, 2026

Quality Assurance Specialist (Deployable)

Defense Contract Management Agency
On-site · San Diego, California · Full-time
$85k to $111k Featured Compliance Aug 23, 2026

Senior Data Governance & Responsible AI Lead

City and Public Sector Innovation Group
Hybrid · San Diego, CA · Full-time
Featured AI Governance Jul 29, 2026

The San Diego GRC market

San Diego pairs one of the largest military and defense footprints in the country with a world-class biotech cluster, and both carry heavy governance, risk and compliance demand. The Navy presence and the defense contractors around it drive cleared security compliance, CMMC, NIST and FedRAMP work. The life sciences corridor in Torrey Pines and Sorrento Valley brings clinical research compliance, data governance and privacy. Large health systems and senior services organizations add HIPAA, healthcare compliance and enterprise risk roles, and the region's telecom and wireless base contributes product security and third-party risk work. California's CCPA and CPRA regime applies across all of it, so privacy fluency is close to a baseline requirement here.

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San Diego GRC at a glance

Key sectors: defense and naval systems, biotech and life sciences, healthcare and senior services, telecom, and higher education. On the board now: 5 local and 0 remote-eligible jobs.

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

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