Senior Product Manager, Verifications

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 critical moments: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, or 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.

About the role

Hiring decisions carry real consequences—for workplace safety, workforce integrity, and the trust employers place in new hires. 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for Drug & Occupational Health testing services, grounding decisions in customer discovery, GTM input, and data analysis.
• Serve as the voice of the customer in product and technical design discussions, representing customer needs directly rather than relying solely on research reports.
• Maintain competitive and market awareness, tracking competitor moves and market shifts that affect roadmap priorities.
• Define and drive OKRs, connecting input metrics (attach rate, conversion rate, RPR) to output impact (revenue and profit).
• Write clear specs and PRDs independently, and lead ops reviews focused on the right metrics.
• Make implementation trade-off decisions, balancing speed, quality, and customer impact.
• Partner with Finance and GTM to define pricing and packaging for your product area.
• Own go-to-market coordination for releases, including 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.

Requirements

• 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

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles. If this role is remote, the top to bottom of the possible range is listed below, but we will specify the target range for an exact location during recruiting discussions.

• San Francisco, CA: $170,000 - $200,000 USD
• Denver, CO: $144,000 - $169,000 USD

Benefits

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Learning and development allowance.
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, with opportunities 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.

Schedule

At Checkr, we believe an in-office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks include 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 (Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; or Santiago, Chile).