Process Analyst Jobs in California
Process Analyst jobs in California are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in the technology, healthcare, financial services, and logistics sectors and openings at every level from entry-level associate through senior process analyst. The largest hiring metros are the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where companies like Salesforce, Kaiser Permanente, and Wells Fargo maintain significant operations and ongoing process improvement initiatives. The most sought-after specialties in California right now are business process automation, healthcare operations analysis, and supply chain process optimization. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie®, TimberTech®, AZEK® Exteriors, Versatex®, fermacell®, and StruXure®.
With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally. Powered by a dynamic workforce, we’re united by our purpose of Building a Better Future for All™ through sustainable innovation, a Zero Harm culture, and a commitment to empowering our people and communities.
For more information, visit www.jameshardie.com.
Summary
Reports to: Sr Manager, GPO
The Senior Analyst, Global Process Owner (GPO) supports the Global Process Owners with their future-state design, governance, standardization, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide business processes. This role serves as a key partner across business functions, technology teams, and operational stakeholders to drive process excellence, improve user experience, accelerate transformation initiatives, and ensure alignment to enterprise priorities.
The Senior Analyst acts as a process specialist and change agent, helping identify opportunities for global standards, measure process performance, and support implementation of scalable process solutions. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, collaboration skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions without direct authority.
What You’ll Do:
Process Governance & Standards
- Support Global Process Owners in maintaining enterprise process governance frameworks, standards, and operating models.
- Maintain process documentation, ownership structures, controls, risks, and governance artifacts within the enterprise process repository.
- Support governance reviews, decision-making forums, and process compliance activities.
- Ensure process documentation aligns with established process management methodologies and enterprise standards.
- Partner with stakeholders to drive consistency, standardization, and transparency across end-to-end business processes.
Process Design and Documentation
- Document and maintain current-state and future-state business process flows, roles, decision points, controls, and system interactions.
- Facilitate process mapping workshops and capture business requirements, opportunities, decisions, and action items.
- Support cross-functional process redesign and transformation initiatives by documenting and aligning end-to-end process requirements.
- Ensure process dependencies and handoffs across functions are clearly defined and documented.
- Utilize SAP Signavio and other process management tools to support enterprise process documentation and governance activities.
KPI & Performance Management
- Support the development and maintenance of process performance measures aligned to business objectives.
- Track process performance, identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, and provide insights to Global Process Owners and business stakeholders.
- Prepare KPI reporting inputs, governance materials, and dashboard support content for leadership reviews.
- Support periodic process performance reviews and follow-up actions to improve process effectiveness and adoption.
- Monitor process health metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Continuous Improvement & Transformation
- Support process improvement initiatives focused on standardization, simplification, automation, and operational effectiveness.
- Analyze process data, stakeholder feedback, and operational performance to identify improvement opportunities and business risks.
- Assist in the evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of process improvement initiatives aligned to GPO priorities.
- Document improvement opportunities, business requirements, recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Support transformation programs by ensuring process changes are effectively documented and embedded into business operations.
Change Enablement & Stakeholder Partnership
- Support process improvement initiatives focused on standardization, simplification, automation, and operational effectiveness.
- Analyze process data, stakeholder feedback, and operational performance to identify improvement opportunities and business risks.
- Assist in the evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of process improvement initiatives aligned to GPO priorities.
- Document improvement opportunities, business requirements, recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Support transformation programs by ensuring process changes are effectively documented and embedded into business operations.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field required.
- 5-7+ years of experience in business process analysis, enterprise transformation, operational excellence, project management, process governance or other related roles required.
- Experience supporting process owners within a global operating model or shared services environment required.
- Experience maintaining enterprise process documentation, process governance materials, and standard process design templates required.
- Experience documenting and updating cross-functional end-to-end business process flows required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP Signavio certification.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Knowledge of APQC Process Classification Framework or comparable process architecture framework.
- Process mining or operational analytics experience.
- ERP experience such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, or comparable enterprise platforms.
- Experience in Global Business Services, shared services, finance transformation, procurement transformation, or enterprise transformation office environments.
- Hands-on SAP Signavio Process Manager experience preferred; comparable BPM tools such as ARIS, iGrafx, Bizagi, Camunda, or Visio BPMN may be considered.
- Working knowledge of BPMN 2.0 modeling standards and process documentation best practices.
- Experience supporting KPI reporting, process dashboards, Power BI or equivalent analytics platforms.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
- Understanding of process architecture, taxonomy management, metadata, process controls, and RACI structures.
Success Profile: (What Good Looks Like)
- Enterprise process repository administration routines operating with clear ownership, review cadence, and approval support.
- BPMN modeling standards, process taxonomy, and Signavio documentation conventions adopted across assigned process domains.
- Quality review process supported to improve consistency, completeness, and usability of process documentation.
- KPI framework documentation maintained across assigned process towers with defined measures, owners, data sources, and reporting cadence.
- Standard process documentation toolkit maintained, including templates, playbooks, governance checklists, and process model review criteria.
- Governance forums supported with process performance reporting inputs and clearly documented improvement opportunities for GPO review.
- GPOs have improved visibility into process performance, accountability, risks, controls, and standardization opportunities.
What You’ll Receive:
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $92,000 to $115,000. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
- Compensation: competitive salary and bonus eligibility
- Insurance: day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- Paid Time Off: vacation and company holidays
- Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match
- Investments: Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
- Work-Life Balance: parental leave, wellness programs
- Purpose. Impact. Community: Sustainability Initiatives | James Hardie
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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.
James Hardie will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie®, TimberTech®, AZEK® Exteriors, Versatex®, fermacell®, and StruXure®.
With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally. Powered by a dynamic workforce, we’re united by our purpose of Building a Better Future for All™ through sustainable innovation, a Zero Harm culture, and a commitment to empowering our people and communities.
For more information, visit www.jameshardie.com.
Summary
Reports to: Sr Manager, GPO
The Senior Analyst, Global Process Owner (GPO) supports the Global Process Owners with their future-state design, governance, standardization, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide business processes. This role serves as a key partner across business functions, technology teams, and operational stakeholders to drive process excellence, improve user experience, accelerate transformation initiatives, and ensure alignment to enterprise priorities.
The Senior Analyst acts as a process specialist and change agent, helping identify opportunities for global standards, measure process performance, and support implementation of scalable process solutions. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, collaboration skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions without direct authority.
What You’ll Do:
Process Governance & Standards
- Support Global Process Owners in maintaining enterprise process governance frameworks, standards, and operating models.
- Maintain process documentation, ownership structures, controls, risks, and governance artifacts within the enterprise process repository.
- Support governance reviews, decision-making forums, and process compliance activities.
- Ensure process documentation aligns with established process management methodologies and enterprise standards.
- Partner with stakeholders to drive consistency, standardization, and transparency across end-to-end business processes.
Process Design and Documentation
- Document and maintain current-state and future-state business process flows, roles, decision points, controls, and system interactions.
- Facilitate process mapping workshops and capture business requirements, opportunities, decisions, and action items.
- Support cross-functional process redesign and transformation initiatives by documenting and aligning end-to-end process requirements.
- Ensure process dependencies and handoffs across functions are clearly defined and documented.
- Utilize SAP Signavio and other process management tools to support enterprise process documentation and governance activities.
KPI & Performance Management
- Support the development and maintenance of process performance measures aligned to business objectives.
- Track process performance, identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, and provide insights to Global Process Owners and business stakeholders.
- Prepare KPI reporting inputs, governance materials, and dashboard support content for leadership reviews.
- Support periodic process performance reviews and follow-up actions to improve process effectiveness and adoption.
- Monitor process health metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Continuous Improvement & Transformation
- Support process improvement initiatives focused on standardization, simplification, automation, and operational effectiveness.
- Analyze process data, stakeholder feedback, and operational performance to identify improvement opportunities and business risks.
- Assist in the evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of process improvement initiatives aligned to GPO priorities.
- Document improvement opportunities, business requirements, recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Support transformation programs by ensuring process changes are effectively documented and embedded into business operations.
Change Enablement & Stakeholder Partnership
- Support process improvement initiatives focused on standardization, simplification, automation, and operational effectiveness.
- Analyze process data, stakeholder feedback, and operational performance to identify improvement opportunities and business risks.
- Assist in the evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of process improvement initiatives aligned to GPO priorities.
- Document improvement opportunities, business requirements, recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Support transformation programs by ensuring process changes are effectively documented and embedded into business operations.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field required.
- 5-7+ years of experience in business process analysis, enterprise transformation, operational excellence, project management, process governance or other related roles required.
- Experience supporting process owners within a global operating model or shared services environment required.
- Experience maintaining enterprise process documentation, process governance materials, and standard process design templates required.
- Experience documenting and updating cross-functional end-to-end business process flows required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP Signavio certification.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Knowledge of APQC Process Classification Framework or comparable process architecture framework.
- Process mining or operational analytics experience.
- ERP experience such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, or comparable enterprise platforms.
- Experience in Global Business Services, shared services, finance transformation, procurement transformation, or enterprise transformation office environments.
- Hands-on SAP Signavio Process Manager experience preferred; comparable BPM tools such as ARIS, iGrafx, Bizagi, Camunda, or Visio BPMN may be considered.
- Working knowledge of BPMN 2.0 modeling standards and process documentation best practices.
- Experience supporting KPI reporting, process dashboards, Power BI or equivalent analytics platforms.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
- Understanding of process architecture, taxonomy management, metadata, process controls, and RACI structures.
Success Profile: (What Good Looks Like)
- Enterprise process repository administration routines operating with clear ownership, review cadence, and approval support.
- BPMN modeling standards, process taxonomy, and Signavio documentation conventions adopted across assigned process domains.
- Quality review process supported to improve consistency, completeness, and usability of process documentation.
- KPI framework documentation maintained across assigned process towers with defined measures, owners, data sources, and reporting cadence.
- Standard process documentation toolkit maintained, including templates, playbooks, governance checklists, and process model review criteria.
- Governance forums supported with process performance reporting inputs and clearly documented improvement opportunities for GPO review.
- GPOs have improved visibility into process performance, accountability, risks, controls, and standardization opportunities.
What You’ll Receive:
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $92,000 to $115,000. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
- Compensation: competitive salary and bonus eligibility
- Insurance: day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- Paid Time Off: vacation and company holidays
- Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match
- Investments: Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
- Work-Life Balance: parental leave, wellness programs
- Purpose. Impact. Community: Sustainability Initiatives | James Hardie
#LI-JP1
James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.
James Hardie will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
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Process Analyst Job Market in California
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Construction & Real Estate
- Retail
- Medical Devices
- Investment & Asset Management
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in process analyst jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, industrial engineering, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience with process mapping tools such as Visio or Lucidchart
- Proficiency in data analysis using SQL, Excel, or business intelligence platforms
- Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies
- Experience documenting workflows, writing standard operating procedures, and training stakeholders
- Strong communication skills for presenting findings and recommendations to cross-functional teams
Process Analyst Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a process analyst in California?
Most process analyst roles in California require a bachelor's degree in business administration, industrial engineering, operations management, or a closely related field. California employers strongly prefer candidates who have earned a Lean Six Sigma certification, such as a Yellow Belt or Green Belt, issued through recognized bodies like ASQ or IASSC. No state-issued license is required, but building experience with ERP systems and process documentation tools through internships or adjacent roles in operations significantly strengthens a candidate's profile.
How much do process analysts make in California?
Process analysts in California earn a median of about $101,460 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $61,360 for the lowest 10% to over $174,970 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire process analysts in California?
Employers hiring process analysts in California right now include BEGA North America, MSI, and Esri, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. California's large technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors mean process analyst demand is distributed across both major enterprise employers and mid-size organizations headquartered in the state.
Which California cities have the most process analyst jobs?
The cities with the most process analyst openings in California are Santa Rosa, California, and Poway. The Bay Area leads because of its density of technology and enterprise software companies that rely heavily on internal process improvement functions, while Los Angeles draws demand from its healthcare systems, entertainment operations, and logistics infrastructure, and San Diego's concentration of biotech and defense contractors creates steady need for operations and process roles.
Are there remote process analyst jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields, since process analyst work is largely desk-based and centers on data analysis, documentation, and stakeholder communication rather than hands-on operations. About 50% of process analyst openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how well the core responsibilities translate to distributed work. Documentation, workflow analysis, and reporting tasks are the functions most commonly performed fully remote.
How can I get hired as a process analyst in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to operations coordinator or business analyst associate roles at large California employers in healthcare or technology, where formal rotational or associate programs exist for candidates without direct process analyst experience. Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, and major Bay Area tech firms regularly recruit for entry-level operations roles that develop process improvement skills on the job. Earning a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification before applying and building a portfolio of even small process documentation projects gives early-career candidates a concrete edge in California interviews.
Where can I find and apply to process analyst jobs in California?
You can find and apply to process analyst jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings from employers actively hiring for this role. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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