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Governance, risk, and compliance roles in California: technology, financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and the AI labs defining the field.

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Open GRC roles in California (67)

AI Governance Lead

Auto Club Enterprises (AAA)
Hybrid · Costa Mesa, CA · Full-time
$133k to $177k 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

Policy Design Manager, Age-Appropriate Design

Anthropic
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$245k to $285k Featured AI Governance Posted Jun 16, 2026

Senior GRC Analyst

Crusoe
On-site · San Francisco, California · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 25, 2026

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst

You.com
Hybrid · San Francisco, California · Full-time
$150k Featured Risk Posted Jun 29, 2026

Senior GRC Lead

Brex
On-site · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Full-time
$154k to $192k Featured Governance CISA CISSP Posted Jun 26, 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 Workforce Governance Program Manager

Crusoe
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$160k to $190k Featured Governance Posted Jun 28, 2026

Senior Compliance Engineer

Anduril Industries
On-site · Costa Mesa, California · Full-time
$146k Featured Compliance Secret CISM CISSP Posted Jun 13, 2026

Senior Model Risk Manager - AI/ML

Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 13, 2026

Director, Compliance Data Science & AI

OKX
On-site · San Jose, California · Full-time
$313k to $376k Featured AI Governance 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

Security Controls Assurance Lead

Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Washington · Full-time
$345k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026

Internal Audit Manager

Lyft
On-site · Toronto, Canada · Full-time
$136k Featured Audit CISA Posted Jun 20, 2026

Head of Insurance and Risk Management

OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 17, 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

Governance Risk and Compliance

Figma
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY • · Full-time
$153k Featured Compliance CISA CISM CRISC Posted Jun 13, 2026

Senior Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) Analyst

Headway
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$162k Featured Compliance Posted Jun 17, 2026

Engineering Manager, GRC Platform

Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$405k Featured Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026

Staff+ Software Engineer, GRC Platform

Anthropic
On-site · San Francisco, CA, NY Seattle · Full-time
$405k 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

Senior Engineering Manager, Privacy Security

Instacart
Remote · ON, AB, BC · Remote · Full-time
$229k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 20, 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

Sr. Staff Security Assurance Engineer

Databricks
On-site · Mountain View, California · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 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

Data Governance Engineer

Chime
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
$160k Featured Data Governance Posted Jun 13, 2026

Senior HR Compliance Manager

Commure
On-site · Mountain View, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jun 13, 2026

Privacy and Security Counsel

Roblox
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$212k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 17, 2026

Senior Privacy Software Engineer

Roblox
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$217k Featured Privacy Posted Jun 24, 2026

Staff Product Manager, Risk Product Experience

Stripe
On-site · Seattle, New-York, San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 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

Staff Technical Program Manager, SOX Compliance

Pinterest
On-site · San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jun 22, 2026

Senior Software Engineer - Fraud

Roblox
On-site · San Mateo, CA · Full-time
$197k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 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

Counsel, Product & Regulatory - Payments & AML

Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jul 3, 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

Staff Product Manager, Risk Modeling

Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 2026

Machine Learning Engineer - (Payment Risk/Fraud) - Embedded Insights

Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 2026

Senior Data Scientist - (Payment Risk/Fraud) Embedded Insights

Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 2026

Product Manager, Fraud Data

Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Governance Posted Jun 23, 2026

Staff Product Manager, Risk Platform

Plaid
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jul 3, 2026

Director of Quality Assurance

Chaos Industries
On-site · El Segundo, California · Full-time
$175k to $220k Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 2026

Senior Counsel, Sanctions and Trade Compliance

OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Compliance Posted Jun 20, 2026

Strategic Operations Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations

OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 20, 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 · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 20, 2026

Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk Operations

OpenAI
On-site · San Francisco · Full-time
Featured Risk Posted Jun 28, 2026

Senior Product Manager, Risk Platform

Instacart
Remote · ON, AB, BC · Remote · Full-time
$194k Featured Risk Posted Jun 22, 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

Head of Product, Assurance

Drata
On-site · Hybrid - San Francisco · Full-time
$208k to $281k Featured Governance Posted Jun 20, 2026

Senior Director, CISO Healthcare West

Zscaler
Remote · California · Remote · Full-time
$224k Featured Governance Posted Jun 22, 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.

California GRC at a glance

Key sectors: technology, financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and the AI labs defining the field. On the board now: 67 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

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