Senior Product Manager, Checkr
Verifications
$144-200k
OTE
Salary dependent on location. + Equity compensation
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3+ days a week in office
Automated background checks
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Automated background checks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$144-200k
OTE
Salary dependent on location. + Equity compensation
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a fairer future by designing technology to create opportunities for all.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field preferred
- 5+ years of product management experience, with a track record of owning strategy and roadmap for a product area with minimal oversight
- Deep fluency with data and analytics; comfortable defining and interpreting metrics like attach rate, conversion rate, and RPR
- Comfortable partnering closely with engineering on technical trade-offs, API/platform decisions, or system constraints
- Strong customer discovery instincts — you talk to customers directly and pair that insight with GTM and research input to build product hypotheses
- Proven ability to write crisp PRDs and specs without manager guidance
- Experience navigating ambiguity and driving cross-functional alignment across GTM, Ops, and Finance stakeholders
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
What the job involves
- As Senior Product Manager for Checkr's Verifications products, you will own the strategy and roadmap for a core part of the background check experience
- You will improve accuracy and speed for employers while reducing friction for candidates, strengthening trust in the hiring process at every step
- You will work closely with Engineering, Operations, and GTM teams to ship market-leading verification products, using data and direct customer input to guide every decision
- Strategy & roadmap: Own strategy & roadmap for Drug & Occupational Health testing services, grounding decisions in customer discovery, GTM input, and data analysis
- Voice of the customer: represent customer needs directly in product and technical design discussions, not just via research reports
- Competitive/market awareness: track competitor moves and market shifts that affect roadmap priorities
- Drive outcomes: Define and drive OKRs, connecting input metrics (attach rate, conversion rate, RPR) to output impact (revenue and profit)
- Implementation: Write clear specs and PRDs independently, and lead ops reviews that keep the team focused on the right metrics. Make implementation trade-off decisions, balancing speed, quality, and customer impact
- Pricing & packaging ownership: partner with Finance/GTM to define pricing and packaging for your product area
- Launch leadership: own go-to-market coordination for releases — enablement, positioning input, and rollout sequencing
- Communicate roadmap, goals, and progress clearly to stakeholders and leadership
- Model Checkr's values and build strong relationships within and beyond your immediate team
Our take
Checkr addresses the unpleasant and time consuming process of background checks so that companies using on-demand employees can make safer, more informed hiring decisions in less time. Background checks are a critical part of the hiring process, and CEO Daniel Yannisse noticed that they were painfully slow, resulting in loss of work for candidates and productivity downturns for employers.
Before Checkr entered the market in 2014 with its innovative AI technology and a solid $50m in venture capital funding, companies were waiting upwards of two weeks for their checks. Checkr substantially reduces this time frame and has grown to receive a $5 billion valuation.
Checkr has accelerated growth by making several highly advantageous acquisitions of competitor companies, GoodHire and Inflection. As the world of work embraces diversity and inclusion, the company announced an end-to-end service for candidates wishing to expunge their criminal records, furthering the company’s ‘fair chance’ mission and clearing 1000s of candidates for free since 2021. New products launched at the end of 2023 include Checkr Pay (providing access to payment right after a shift) and Checkr Onboard (unified onboarding processes), exemplifying how Checkr is keeping pace with a rapidly changing, flexible, and mobile-first workforce.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Sep 2019
$160m
SERIES D
Total funding: $554.1m
Company benefits
- Parental leave
- Stock optoins
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive Health Plans | We cover 100% of insurance premiums and offer generous parental and family leave
- Competitive Compensation | We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity
- A Variety of Food and Snacks | Our culinary team serves a rotating menu for lunch each day, along with unlimited snacks and drinks
- Wellness Programs | We invest in the holistic well-being of every team member through education reimbursements, onsite massages, and physical therapy
- Flexible Paid Time Off | We want you to take the time you need to relax and recharge
- Fitness and Public Transport Reimbursement | We’ll cover your commute and help you stay active with our onsite gym or fitness provider of choice
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jonathan Perichon
(Co-Founder)After an MSc in Computer Science, Jonathan worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and deliv for a combined year and a half. He co-founded Checkr in May 2014, serving as CTO since.
Daniel Yanisse
(Co-Founder & CEO)Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and Deliv before co-founding Checkr.
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