Senior Product Manager, Verifications

Checkr; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning allowance

Equity compensation

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Fertility support

Flexible PTO

Wellness stipend

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Checkr is seeking a Senior Product Manager for its Verifications products to own strategy and roadmap for the background check experience. You will partner with Engineering, Operations, and GTM teams to ship market-leading verification products, guided by customer input and data analysis.

You will drive strategy, write crisp PRDs, and collaborate across Finance and GTM to refine pricing, packaging, and go-to-market plans, ensuring a fast, accurate, and trusted verification experience for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of product management experience with ownership of strategy and roadmap.
• Deep fluency with data and analytics; able to interpret metrics like attach rate, conversion, and RPR.
• Comfortable partnering with engineering on technical trade-offs and API/platform decisions.
• Strong customer discovery instincts and ability to pair insights with GTM input.
• Proven ability to write crisp PRDs and specs without manager guidance.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and driving cross-functional alignment across GTM, Ops, and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy and roadmap for Drug & Occupational Health testing services.
• Represent customer needs in product and technical design discussions.
• Track competitor moves and market shifts affecting roadmap priorities.
• Define and drive OKRs; connect input metrics to revenue and profit impact.
• Write clear specs and PRDs; lead operations reviews to balance speed, quality, and impact.
• Partner with Finance/GTM to define pricing and packaging for your product area.
• Lead go-to-market coordination for releases, enablement, and rollout sequencing.
• Communicate roadmap, goals, and progress clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• Model Checkr's values and build strong internal and external relationships.

Skills

Product strategy

Roadmapping

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

PRD writing

Customer discovery

Go-to-market

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Job description

About Checkr Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.
We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company .

Hiring decisions carry real consequences, for the safety of a workplace, the integrity of a workforce, and the trust employers place in the people they bring on. Employers today run verification checks across employment history, education, criminal records, driving records, and more, each with its own data sources, compliance requirements, and failure modes. As hiring volume grows, employers need verification products that are fast, accurate, and easy to trust, not a source of delay or risk.

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.

What you’ll do

• 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.

What you bring

• 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.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$170,000 - $200,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)

$144,000 - $169,000 USD

What We Offer

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend

At Checkr, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance.

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