Staff Product Designer, Growth

Checkr, Inc.

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 210,000 - 247,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Fertility/adoption reimbursement up to

Flexible PTO

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Checkr, Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Staff Product Designer to join the Growth team.

Lead design work across funnel optimization, onboarding refinements, and personalized flows, driving conversion and customer success in a self-serve, product-led environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, apply quantitative and qualitative insights, and champion user-centric design while leveraging AI to tailor experiences for SMB customers.

Qualifications

7+ years of professional design experience, including Growth/ecommerce
Experience driving conversion, basket price, and product adoption
Onboarding and merchandising surface expertise; iterative experimentation (A/B testing)
Ability to conduct UX research independently and synthesize insights
Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and leadership
Comfort with fast-paced environments and balancing craft, thinking, and business needs
Interest in B2B SMB context is a plus

Responsibilities

Embed with Growth team; help define roadmap, vision, and lead design work
Own design for funnel optimization, NUX, and personalized guided flows
Leverage AI to create personalized customer experiences
Design growth systems, experiments, and new product features from insights
Champion seamless, delightful experiences for SMB users
Facilitate workshops and translate ideas into testable designs
Distill complex information into clear user experiences from ideation to high-fidelity deliverables
Build relationships with interdisciplinary teams to ship user-friendly products
Participate in UX research and advocate for users

Skills

Growth team experience

A/B testing

UX research

Merchandising surfaces

Onboarding experience

Behavioral science

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Design systems

Figma

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.

About Checkr

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.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our Growth team and work with us to achieve our ambitious goals from customer acquisition to conversion and becoming happy customers. Our growth strategy is based on a self‑serve, product‑led approach, and this role is an essential part of it. We’re a team that values ownership and initiative and we want your ideas and drive to make an impact.

Learn more about our team at design.checkr.com

What You’ll Do

Embed with the Growth team; help define the roadmap, vision, and lead design work.
Own the design work for funnel optimization, NUX, and personalization for guided flows.
Leverage AI to create personalized customer experiences.
Design growth systems, experiments, and new product features, translating quantitative and qualitative insights into testable ideas.
Champion designs that deliver a seamless, easy, delightful experience for our SMB users.
Facilitate workshops that help you and your team develop winning ideas.
Distill complex information into simple and beautiful user experiences, from brainstorming to delivering high‑fidelity designs.
Build strong relationships with interdisciplinary teams to conceptualize, build, and ship user‑friendly and business‑driven products.
Participate in UX research, both with and without a UX Researcher, apply insights to designs, represent the voice of the customer, and be an advocate for users.
Be a strong voice in sharing ideas, managing feedback from stakeholders, challenging assumptions, and bringing best practices to the team.

What You Bring

Your portfolio showcases high-quality work directly impacting project success
You have 7+ years of professional design experience, including 4 years on Growth teams or in ecommerce and merchandising, where your work has been key to driving gains in conversion, basket price and product adoption.
You've excelled on onboarding & merchandising surfaces and are comfortable with iterative experimentation like A/B testing. You also know when to lobby for a broader strategic approach
You love uncovering insights firsthand and you’re comfortable with identifying and conducting UX research and testing independently. You’re innately curious and always looking to get to the heart of a problem
You excel in complexity and fast‑paced environments and are passionate about balancing craft, critical thinking, and business needs to deliver a holistic user experience.
You’re focused on psychology and why people behave the way they do. Experience with behavioral science is a plus!
Always connecting your work to the bigger picture, you can describe high‑level team goals and align projects accordingly. You skillfully use design explorations, research, documentation, and presentations to rally the team and communicate with leadership.
You have a deep understanding of best practices and contemporary design patterns.
Nice to have: Experience with B2B companies focusing on SMBs
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)

$210,000—$247,000 USD

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

$178,000—$209,000 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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