Data Analytics Manager Jobs in California
Data Analytics Manager jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in technology, entertainment, e-commerce, financial services, and healthcare across a market that ranges from junior analytics leads to senior directors overseeing enterprise-wide data strategy. The largest hiring metros are San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where companies like Google, Apple, and Kaiser Permanente maintain deep analytics functions and hire consistently. The most in-demand specialties include machine learning operations, product analytics, and marketing attribution modeling. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Serves as lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects. Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Develops business strategy and ensures alignment and prioritization of organizational objectives and business initiatives. Manages complex projects or project components, leads change management activities, and performs complex data analyses to drive business initiatives. Participates in vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
- Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
- Serves as a lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects across multiple functional tracks or complex workstreams by identifying and ensuring representation and inclusion of appropriate stakeholders; building rapport and partnerships with key stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and senior management; working with stakeholders to develop goals and set the prioritization of deliverables; discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for the delivery of business initiatives; communicating and resolving tough issues with stakeholders while maintaining an independent perspective; and making formal presentations and providing reports to executive level audiences.
- Develops requirements, or leads a team of consultants in the development of requirements, for complex or specialized business, process, or system solutions which may span multiple business domain(s) by partnering with stakeholders and cross-functional teams as appropriate; leveraging multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements; and leading and overseeing the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, and ROI of proposed solutions.
- Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across multiple domains; mapping current state against future state processes; identifying the operational impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components; providing options and recommendations to senior management and business stakeholders on how to integrate solutions and deliverables with current systems and business processes across regions or domains; and identifying and validating value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
- Develops business strategy and ensures alignment and prioritization of organizational objectives and business initiatives by defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish business success; partnering with senior stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics; refining strategic plans and performance metrics as appropriate; and managing complex initiatives or portfolio to ensure delivery of measurable results and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Serves as a lead advocate for continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of cutting edge industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and presenting at roadshows, conferences, and speaking events; leading the ongoing enhancement and innovation of consulting practices, standards, and methods across KP; serving as an advocate to ensure continuous learning and improvement is championed as a people strategy; providing training and guidance to stakeholders as appropriate; and providing ongoing coaching to build a continuous improvement mindset and build capabilities that drive results.
- Manages complex projects or project components by coordinating stakeholder contacts; assembling team based on project needs and team member strengths; consulting in the development, analysis, and management of project plans; coordinating project schedules and resource forecasts; proactively monitoring and identifying project or business initiative risks, issues, and trigger events; developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
- Leads change management activities associated with business initiatives by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; partnering with senior management, project champions, and process owners to communicate align improvement initiatives with business objectives; determining appropriate change management method and approach; and ensuring stakeholders embrace a change management mindset, understand intent and purpose, and foster a culture of change.
- Performs complex data analyses to drive business initiatives by identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess business performance; determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, hard data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements, including customer requirements as appropriate; conducting advanced analyses and performing experimental tests to evaluate the effectiveness of business solutions; and identifying and alleviating risks through data-driven analysis.
- Participates in vendor management as required by reviewing vendor performance levels; ensuring service level agreements are met; managing vendor invoices; and partnering with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate.
- Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum two (2) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and Minimum eight (8) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field OR Masters degree in Business, Public Health, or a directly related field and Minimum six (6) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field OR Minimum ten (10) years experience in consulting, project management, data analytics, operations or a directly related field.
Additional Requirements:
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Business Acumen; Change Management; Negotiation; Creativity; Applied Data Analysis; Financial Acumen; Conflict Resolution; Managing Diverse Relationships; Process Validation; Project Management; Risk Assessment; Service Focus; Requirements Elicitation & Analysis
- Four (4) years of experience working with performance management.
- Four (4) years of experience working with healthcare operations.
- Four (4) years of experience working with consumer experience or care experience.
- Three (3) years experience developing and delivering executive communications.
- Three (3) years experience managing vendor contracts and relationships.
PrimaryLocation : California,Downey,Downey Boeing - Independence Park
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
WorkingHoursStart : 09:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Professional Services
Department : Po/Ho Corp - National Rx Programs & Servics - 0308
Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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Data Analytics Manager Job Market in California
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Who's Hiring
- Meta11

- Tesla11

- TikTok11

- Intuit9

- Apple8

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software25
- Education7
- Banking & Financial Services6
- Manufacturing5
- Healthcare & Medical Services5
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data analytics manager jobs across California.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, or a related analytical field
- Five or more years of experience in data analytics with at least two years in a people management role
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, or R alongside business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Looker
- Demonstrated experience translating complex data findings into actionable business recommendations for stakeholders
- Familiarity with California Consumer Privacy Act compliance requirements affecting data collection and governance practices
- Experience building and mentoring cross-functional analytics teams in fast-paced, data-intensive California environments
Data Analytics Manager Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a data analytics manager in California?
The path typically begins with a bachelor's degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics, or a closely related field, though many California employers prefer or require a master's degree for management roles. There is no state-issued license for this role in California. Most hiring managers want candidates who have progressed from analyst or senior analyst positions, built team leadership experience, and developed fluency with California-dominant tech stacks and privacy regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act.
How much do data analytics managers make in California?
Data analytics managers in California earn a median of about $141,590 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $77,480 for the lowest 10% to over $224,920 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire data analytics managers in California?
Employers hiring data analytics managers in California right now include Meta, Tesla, and TikTok, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. California's concentration of major technology companies, streaming platforms, and large healthcare systems makes it one of the deepest markets in the country for analytics leadership roles.
Which California cities have the most data analytics manager jobs?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego account for the most data analytics manager openings in California. San Francisco and the broader Bay Area lead because of the density of major technology and software companies headquartered there, Los Angeles draws demand from entertainment, e-commerce, and media analytics, and San Diego's growing biotech and defense sectors fuel consistent openings outside the two larger metros.
Are there remote data analytics manager jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. Analytics management is fundamentally desk-based and output-driven, making it well suited to distributed teams. About 66% of data analytics manager openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly California technology and media employers have adopted flexible work arrangements. Strategic planning, stakeholder reporting, and cross-functional collaboration are the parts of the role most commonly performed fully remotely.
How can I get hired as a data analytics manager in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a senior data analyst or analytics lead role first, then stepping into management as a team expands. Large California employers like Salesforce, UCLA Health, and major Bay Area technology firms run rotational analytics programs and associate product manager tracks that place early-career candidates on a management trajectory. Building a portfolio of end-to-end projects, earning a certification such as Google's Professional Data Analytics credential, and gaining exposure to California Consumer Privacy Act compliance work strengthens a candidacy significantly before applying for manager-level roles.
Where can I find and apply to data analytics manager jobs in California?
You can find and apply to data analytics manager jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across industries and metros. Search the available roles, identify the ones that match your experience and location, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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