Project Analyst Jobs in California
Project Analyst jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in technology, healthcare, finance, and state and local government contracting, with openings at every level from entry-level coordinator to senior program analyst. The largest hiring markets are the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where employers including Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin, and Wells Fargo maintain deep, ongoing demand for project analysts across IT, operations, and compliance functions. The most consistently in-demand specialties are IT project analysis, financial project analysis, and healthcare operations. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
Find Project Analyst JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 1,899+ Project Analyst jobs
Job Title:
Corporate Strategy Project Analyst
Location:
CA - Westlake Village
What you'll do:
As a Project Analyst, you will be a force multiplier for Corporate Strategy, providing centralized execution, reporting, and governance support across initiatives. You will be responsible for supporting multiple aspects for the Corporate PMO team. This includes creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting with our project management software, ticketing system, and policy & procedure document repository. You will work closely with the project managers and the PMO leadership team and function as support on various projects as you interact with the PMs, BAs, and SMEs. In addition, you may work with outside vendors to assist in scheduling demos and following up on takeaways, as is needed for an active project.
Project & Portfolio Execution:
- Maintain dashboards, workspaces, and project artifacts
- Monitor tickets, dependencies, risks, and follow-ups
- Support intake, prioritization, and workflow management
- Enabling cost-benefit analysis through structured data gathering
- Reporting & Executive Enablement
- Own recurring and ad-hoc reporting
- Assist with executive decks and leadership updates
- Consolidate inputs across PMs, BAs, and stakeholders to assist Corp Strategy leadership direction
Operational & Governance Ownership:
- Maintain Smartsheet, Confluence, and ADO environments
- Ensure consistency, accuracy, and cadence across tools
- Support PMO processes and coverage
Assist Project Managers:
- Coverage when PM is out of office and/or work as a secondary PM
- Lead project calls
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables
- Define project tasks and resource requirements
- Develop full-scale project plans
- Manage workflow in JIRA
- Assemble and coordinate project staff
- Plan and schedule project timelines
- Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
- Provide direction and support to the project team
- Perform quality assurance
- Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders
- Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
- Project evaluations and assessment of results
What you'll need:
- 1+ years of related experience in Project Management Experience or similar field.
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- Entry level knowledge of residential mortgage industry in Correspondent or Retail Lending including: sales, operations, capital markets and/or other residential mortgage products and services.
- Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
- Entry level to intermediate Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Entry level to intermediate Ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
Compensation:
Salary range for new hires is generally $84,045.00 - $103,818.00 for Westlake Village, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.
Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you’d want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company. Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
© Western Alliance Bancorporation
Job Title:
Corporate Strategy Project Analyst
Location:
CA - Westlake Village
What you'll do:
As a Project Analyst, you will be a force multiplier for Corporate Strategy, providing centralized execution, reporting, and governance support across initiatives. You will be responsible for supporting multiple aspects for the Corporate PMO team. This includes creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting with our project management software, ticketing system, and policy & procedure document repository. You will work closely with the project managers and the PMO leadership team and function as support on various projects as you interact with the PMs, BAs, and SMEs. In addition, you may work with outside vendors to assist in scheduling demos and following up on takeaways, as is needed for an active project.
Project & Portfolio Execution:
- Maintain dashboards, workspaces, and project artifacts
- Monitor tickets, dependencies, risks, and follow-ups
- Support intake, prioritization, and workflow management
- Enabling cost-benefit analysis through structured data gathering
- Reporting & Executive Enablement
- Own recurring and ad-hoc reporting
- Assist with executive decks and leadership updates
- Consolidate inputs across PMs, BAs, and stakeholders to assist Corp Strategy leadership direction
Operational & Governance Ownership:
- Maintain Smartsheet, Confluence, and ADO environments
- Ensure consistency, accuracy, and cadence across tools
- Support PMO processes and coverage
Assist Project Managers:
- Coverage when PM is out of office and/or work as a secondary PM
- Lead project calls
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables
- Define project tasks and resource requirements
- Develop full-scale project plans
- Manage workflow in JIRA
- Assemble and coordinate project staff
- Plan and schedule project timelines
- Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
- Provide direction and support to the project team
- Perform quality assurance
- Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders
- Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
- Project evaluations and assessment of results
What you'll need:
- 1+ years of related experience in Project Management Experience or similar field.
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- Entry level knowledge of residential mortgage industry in Correspondent or Retail Lending including: sales, operations, capital markets and/or other residential mortgage products and services.
- Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
- Entry level to intermediate Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Entry level to intermediate Ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
Compensation:
Salary range for new hires is generally $84,045.00 - $103,818.00 for Westlake Village, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.
Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you’d want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company. Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
© Western Alliance Bancorporation
See All 1,899+ Project Analyst Jobs in California
Find roles in California that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Project Analyst JobsProject Analyst Jobs by City in California
Where California roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Project Analyst Job Market in California
A snapshot from current California openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Apple96
- TikTok58
- Google50
- Intuit33
- Amazon24
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software590
- Consulting & Professional Services174
- Electronics & Hardware167
- Banking & Financial Services105
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals95
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in project analyst jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems, or a related field
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, or Microsoft Project
- Experience gathering requirements and producing documentation for cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies in a California technology or enterprise environment
- Strong data analysis skills using Excel, SQL, or business intelligence platforms
- PMP or CAPM certification from the Project Management Institute preferred by many California employers
Project Analyst Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a project analyst in California?
Most project analysts in California start with a bachelor's degree in business, information systems, or a related field, then build experience through coordinator or analyst roles in their target industry. California has no state-issued license for this role, but the Project Management Institute's CAPM is widely recognized as the entry credential, and the PMP carries significant weight for mid-career advancement. Many large California technology, healthcare, and government contractors treat these certifications as a competitive differentiator when screening candidates.
Which companies hire project analysts in California?
Employers hiring project analysts in California right now include Apple, TikTok, and Google, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's concentration of technology headquarters, major healthcare systems, and defense contractors creates consistent, year-round demand for this role across industries.
Which California cities have the most project analyst jobs?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Jose have the most project analyst openings in California. The Bay Area and Los Angeles dominate because of their dense concentrations of technology companies, financial institutions, and healthcare networks, while San Diego's large defense and biotech presence drives strong demand there even though the city is smaller.
Are there remote project analyst jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. Project analysis is primarily a desk-based, collaborative, and documentation-driven role, which makes it well suited to remote and hybrid arrangements. About 27% of project analyst openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how broadly California technology and finance employers have adopted flexible work policies. The portions of the role most often performed remotely include requirements gathering, stakeholder reporting, and data analysis.
How can I get hired as a project analyst in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a lateral move from an adjacent role such as administrative coordinator, business analyst intern, or junior operations associate, then pitching directly into project support functions. Large California technology companies and healthcare systems including Kaiser Permanente and the University of California campuses run structured new-graduate and rotational analyst programs that accept candidates without prior project analyst titles. Earning the CAPM and building a small portfolio of documented projects, even from academic or volunteer work, gives California employers a concrete reason to take a chance on an early-career candidate.
Where can I find and apply to project analyst jobs in California?
You can find and apply to project analyst jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings updated regularly. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the employers posting them.
See All 1,899+ Project Analyst Jobs in California
Find roles in California that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Project Analyst Jobs