Checkr’s mission is to build a fairer future by improving the understanding of the past. Since graduating Y-Combinator in 2014, Checkr’s product has shifted the on-demand economy and has continued to scale into serving enterprise companies across various industries. As a company that provides modern and compliant background checks for global enterprises and startups, Checkr knows first hand how difficult it may be for individuals with prior criminal history to find employment and we want to help provide fair chances for the formerly convicted. A career with Checkr provides the opportunity to make an impact on the professional lives of millions of people and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply for our roles.

Checkr is looking to hire a Senior Product Manager for our Background Check team. This will be a unique opportunity to work in Checkr’s industry-defining product that will fundamentally change the hiring process for on-demand and contingent workforce. Our ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus combined with a successful track record of delivering data-driven products, managing the product life cycle and collaborating with a cross-functional team of product managers, data analysts, product designers, and marketing managers.

Responsibilities:

• Build deep understanding and empathy for external and internal users of Checkr
• Use data and insight to drive new product capabilities.
• Drive the product roadmap and strategy for a broad product surface area
• Ability to champion the goals and vision of the product, inspire team members to do great work and remove roadblocks to make progress
• Be an expert at prioritization: balance your product’s long-term roadmap with its backlog of enhancements, issues, and bugs. 
• Deliver crisp product requirements to engineering. Remove obstacles from the path to delivery
• Collaborate with engineering and product design and product marketing to ship new, impactful features
• Lead meetings with sales, product marketing, customer success, business development, customers and technology partners to deeply understand, document, analyze and synthesize customer needs into product priorities, roadmap plans, and detailed specifications.
• Drive cross-functional decisions & alignment. Effectively communicate across all departments in the company

What you bring:

• B.S in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics/Math or related fields
• MBA or Masters degree in a quantitative field
• 5+ years experience in product management
• 2+ years of experience working with data scientists, machine learning engineers, or products infused with data science and AI
• Deep understanding of running Data Science and/or Machine Learning experiments
• Enjoys working with data (cleaning, structuring, analyzing) and a strong understanding of SQL
• You have an instinct for user experience and an understanding of usability best practices
• Experience interacting with, advising and influencing senior-level leaders, accomplished with presentations
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proven ability to successfully manage up, down, and across the organization, comfortable with people at all levels
• Relentless curiosity and an urge to innovate, measure and improve
• A proven track record for full lifecycle product management developing products from concept to doorstep for large scale initiatives.
• Experience with Scrum or other agile development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, polished interpersonal skills

What you get:

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment where we leverage the latest technology
• Hands-on coaching and professional development
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO policy
• Gym membership, transportation reimbursements
• Catered lunch, dinner, and snacks

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.