Staff Product Manager, Checkr
$199.3-234.4k
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
Automated background checks
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Automated background checks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$199.3-234.4k
More information about location
2-3 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
- 7+ years as a PM, with recent experience working on a data or platform product
- Experience in understanding the data, legal, and technical nuances of supporting complex products
- Strong technical background to enable you to contribute meaningful features and seamless integration
- Attention to detail is a must. You have an instinct for good product design
- An ability to manage project ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies in an organized and structured way
- Ability to be fly-high and fly-low in a high performance environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Flexibility to travel to Santiago, Chile where a significant portion of the engineering team is located
What the job involves
- In this role as a Staff Product Manager, Core Products, you will deliver products and capabilities to significantly enhance the data quality, coverage & API capabilities for Checkr’s National Criminal (NatCrim) Database
- A National Criminal search is a fundamental step in Checkr’s background checks
- Our NatCrim Database offers key people risk information and covers 90%+ of the United States population, with 750+ million records, 6,000+ individual criminal sources, 2,400+ counties, and 4,000+ courts
- You will play a pivotal role in differentiating Checkr’s core products and delighting candidates & customers as well as partnering closely with internal teams on fulfillment and operations
- Drive the product roadmap and strategy for NatCrim - Database and the Search APIs
- Use data and insights to define relevant metrics and goals for NatCrim
- Drive new product capabilities to have a larger NatCrim database with fresher & more accurate data over an increased coverage of sources
- Define & maintain prioritization of current data sources within NatCrim as well as new data sources to be added within NatCrim
- Drive technology improvements that result in modernizing the search APIs to increase its reliability
- Define the NatCrim strategy and ways of working for non-core use cases like Checkr Trust and Consumer reporting agency customers
- Collaborate with a large engineering team of over 20
- Build deep understanding and empathy for external and internal users of Checkr
- Lead meetings with product marketing, and technology partners to deeply understand, document, analyze and synthesize customer needs into product priorities, roadmap plans, and detailed specifications
- Build deep understanding and empathy for external and internal users of Checkr
- Drive cross-functional decisions & alignment. Effectively communicate across all departments in the company
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
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Sep 2019
$160m
SERIES D
Total funding: $546.1m
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 values
- Humility - We are respectful and free from arrogance. We put the success of our employees over our company and are excited to learn from each other.
- Grit - We are passionate and hustle to raise the bar. We persevere through our challenges and grow from our failures.
- Transparency - We trust each other to communicate the good and the bad as it relates to doing our best work. We aren’t afraid to voice our opinions and are receptive to feedback.
- Connection - We genuinely care about each other and understand that our people are our power. We celebrate our lived experiences and enjoy helping and supporting each other.
- Ownership - We strive for thoughtful impact, take pride in our work, and hold ourselves accountable. We step up and take on new challenges to help further the success of the company.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jonathan Perichon
(CTO)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
(CEO)Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and Deliv before co-founding Checkr.
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