Regulatory Compliance Specialist Jobs in California
Regulatory Compliance Specialist jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in life sciences, financial services, healthcare, and technology across a seniority range from entry-level analysts through senior compliance managers. The largest hiring metros are Los Angeles, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area, where employers like Johnson and Johnson, Wells Fargo, and Kaiser Permanente maintain significant compliance functions. The most in-demand specialties include FDA regulatory affairs, financial compliance, and environmental health and safety. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Performs healthcare technology strategy and planning for inpatient/outpatient healthcare delivery through complex or large-scale assessments, needs, and site planning, as well as implementing systems and through investment analyses. Drives conversations and influences clinical systems deployment and collaborates on incident investigations as needed. Provides healthcare technology expertise for testing clinical systems and equipment, resolving complex issues, and documenting overall process. Facilities planning for healthcare technology research and assesses new healthcare-related technologies across the market. Provides oversight for compliance/regulatory requirements across organizational lines through coordinating relevant processes and reviewing FDA and non-regulatory hazard alerts in a healthcare delivery setting. Develops, analyzes, and manages technology plans through a variety of program management methodologies within a market.
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.
- Leads clinical systems by: driving conversations and influencing user groups and strategic partners to align on equipment configurations, review facility construction plans and equipment lists, and provide technical or environment requirements for deployment of complex or large-scale projects; and collaborating on complex incident investigations and equipment performance analysis on complex problems to determine root causes of issues, develop solutions, and promote preventative measures to ensure a safe environment.
- Provides oversight for compliance by: coordinating with stakeholders across organizational lines to ensure systems and processes are used and maintained in a manner that ensures compliance with all relevant government regulations, accreditation, and industry standards; and performing initial inspection of new equipment purchases (e.g., testing to verify that equipment meets qualifications) for verification to develop or review project equipment lists for compliance with standards and budgetary guidelines.
- Provides technical expertise for clinical systems by: performing technical testing on a variety of clinical systems and associated equipment and technology; providing technical expertise for identifying, monitoring, and resolving complex issues related to clinical systems and healthcare technologies that present a risk to the enterprise; recording and maintaining documentation for design specifications, testing, and validating of new and innovative technology to be incorporated into the enterprise in alignment with standards and requirements; providing technical expertise and consult for operational impacts of existing and new systems and technologies, establishing timeframes, and prioritizing projects within market objectives; and driving cyber security trends in healthcare and ensure implementation within the enterprise in accordance with industry and company standards for healthcare technology.
- Executes strategies for clinical systems by: conducting complex or large-scale healthcare technology assessments, needs analysis, and site planning to identify and recommend appropriate healthcare technologies for implementation; assessing, designing and/or implementing complex systems that enable networking, integration, and interoperability of healthcare technologies within multiple care delivery settings; applying independent judgement when conducting complex cost-benefit analyses and driving recommendations; and consulting with senior leaders to gain buy-in and alignment in support of the development and production of healthcare technology forecasts, procurement programs, and service contracts for multiple care delivery settings and for the market.
- Facilitates innovative planning related to healthcare technologies by: researching and assessing new health care-related technologies, strategies and concepts, disseminating this information as appropriate across the enterprise and integrating them/updating healthcare technology program processes; and conducting research to stay abreast of cutting-edge technology, future roadmaps, and industry trends around products and services, and coordinating technology pilots (e.g., attending conferences or tradeshows, vendor product events).
- Develops, analyzes, and manages technology plans by: ensuring strategy and scope identification, managing schedules, evaluating inter-dependencies, and resource forecasting for a clinical portfolio within a market; and driving overall portfolio performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) against plan, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and making adjustments as needed.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
- Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
- Attention to Detail
- Business Knowledge
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Cross-Group Collaboration
- Decision Making
- Dependability
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
- Drives Results
- Facilitation Skills
- Health Care Industry
- Influencing Others
- Integrity
- Learning Agility
- Organizational Savvy
- Problem Solving
- Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
- Teamwork
- Topic-Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)
- Business Acumen
- Compliance Management
- Computer Literacy
- Confidentiality
- Conflict Resolution
- Consulting
- Cost Optimization
- Engineering
- IT Standards, Procedures & Policies
- Medical Equipment
- Medical Equipment Planning
- Negotiation
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance Process
- Vendor Management
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year of experience managing operational or project budgets.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in project management. Bachelors degree in engineering (Biomedical, Clinical, Mechanical, Electrical), engineering technology, or related field AND minimum five (5) years of experience in engineering or a directly related field OR Minimum eight (8) years of experience in engineering or a directly related field.
- Certification in Clinical Engineering.
- Three (3) years of experience in a leadership role of a large matrixed organization.
PrimaryLocation : California,Oakland,1800 Harrison
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 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 : Clinical Technology
Department : Oakland Reg - 1800 Harrison - National Clinical Technology - 0308
Travel : Yes, 20 % 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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What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in regulatory compliance specialist jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, law, or a related field required
- Demonstrated knowledge of California-specific regulations such as CCPA and CDPH requirements
- Experience interpreting and applying federal and state regulatory frameworks in an industry setting
- Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) or equivalent credential strongly preferred
- Proficiency with compliance management software and audit documentation tools
- Strong written communication skills for preparing regulatory submissions and internal reports
Regulatory Compliance Specialist Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a regulatory compliance specialist in California?
The most direct path is a bachelor's degree in a field relevant to your target industry, such as life sciences for pharmaceutical or medical device roles, or finance or business for banking and fintech compliance. California does not issue a universal state license for this role, but specific sectors add credentials: FDA-regulated industries favor the Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) from RAPS, while financial services firms look for the CCEP or a FINRA registration. Building experience through an entry analyst or quality assurance role is the standard California hiring path.
How much do regulatory compliance specialists make in California?
Regulatory compliance specialists in California earn a median of about $96,980 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $57,530 for the lowest 10% to over $158,280 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire regulatory compliance specialists in California?
Employers hiring regulatory compliance specialists in California right now include Tesla, Adventist Health, and Amazon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. California's density of biotech firms, large health systems, and federally regulated financial institutions means compliance hiring is steady across both large corporations and mid-sized companies throughout the year.
Which California cities have the most regulatory compliance specialist jobs?
Fremont, San Diego, and Sunnyvale have the most regulatory compliance specialist openings in California. Los Angeles and the Bay Area drive volume through their concentration of financial services firms, technology companies, and healthcare networks, while San Diego's large biotech and pharmaceutical cluster generates consistent demand specifically for FDA regulatory affairs and clinical compliance specialists.
Are there remote regulatory compliance specialist jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 37% of regulatory compliance specialist openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting that much of the work involves policy review, documentation, and audit reporting rather than on-site operations. Roles focused on data privacy, financial compliance, and policy writing tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions requiring facility inspections or lab oversight typically require an on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a regulatory compliance specialist in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is a quality assurance associate, compliance analyst, or regulatory affairs coordinator role, which large California employers use as training-ground positions. Life sciences companies in San Diego's biotech corridor and Bay Area medtech firms regularly hire candidates without direct compliance experience if they hold a relevant degree and have exposure to regulated environments through internships or lab work. Pursuing the RAC entry-level credential from RAPS or completing a paralegal or compliance certificate from a California community college adds a measurable edge when competing against other candidates.
Where can I find and apply to regulatory compliance specialist jobs in California?
You can find and apply to regulatory compliance specialist jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings updated regularly. Search by city, industry, or experience level to narrow results to roles that fit your background, then apply directly to the employers posting them.
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