Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Identity has become a core infrastructure problem in SaaS, especially as AI increases the volume and sophistication of fraud across digital workflows. This role sits at the intersection of product, risk, and platform design, shaping how an identity layer is embedded into hiring systems through APIs, dashboards, and partner integrations. Within the SaaS ecosystem, that combination signals work on a product surface that must balance trust, conversion, and automation without adding friction.
For a long-term SaaS product career, the scope is notable for its platform orientation and measurable outcomes. Owning a multi-release roadmap across integrations and customer-facing tooling builds experience that transfers to other SaaS domains where reliability, compliance, and data-driven decisioning matter. The emphasis on threat modeling, risk scoring, and collaboration with data science also reinforces a modern product skill set as more SaaS products incorporate ML-driven detection and adaptive controls.
This position tends to fit product leaders who prefer complex problem spaces with adversarial behavior and evolving requirements. It also suits those comfortable influencing across engineering, operations, GTM, and finance, and who like grounding strategy in market signals and direct engagement with strategic customers.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
In an AI-driven world, distinguishing real from fake is increasingly challenging. AI has made it easy to forge credentials, impersonate individuals, and submit job applications at scale using synthetic identities. More than a third of remote applicants are fake, and Fortune 500 companies experienced a significant rise in hires from state-sponsored fraudulent actors last year. AI has turned the hiring funnel from a protective filter into an open gateway for bad actors. Checkr is building the identity layer for hiring to address this threat.
As the leader of Checkr's Identity Risk solutions, you will set a new standard for trust in hiring by creating a system that validates identity seamlessly and frictionlessly. You will develop best-in-class capabilities that prevent fraud during all phases of the hiring process, to safeguard organizations while improving the experience for legitimate, qualified candidates. You will collaborate closely with engineering and operations teams to ship market-leading products that are intuitive and easy to use.
What you’ll do
- Own the strategy and roadmap for all Identity Risk Solutions, including dashboard products, APIs, and pre-built partner integrations.
- Conduct market analysis to identify high-impact opportunities for your products. This includes competitive research, engaging with industry analysts to understand market trends, and working directly with strategic customers to anticipate their evolving needs.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across Checkr. Proactively integrate input from cross-functional partners across GTM, Business Development, Operations, and Finance. Work with other R&D teams to negotiate priorities across teams.
- Build and prioritize a multi-release feature roadmap. Communicate with clarity and precision, influencing strategic decisions with executives across the organization.
- Champion the customer by being the voice of strategic customers and build meaningful, personal relationships with them.
- Measure product success and impact, and identify opportunities for expansion.
- Represent Checkr as a product expert in customer meetings, industry events, and through community platforms and social media.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
- 7+ years of product management experience building risk, fraud prevention, and identity verification products, including identity proofing, document verification, biometrics, and hiring-fraud
- Strong expertise in fraud detection frameworks and modeling, including threat modeling, risk scoring, anomaly detection, identity spoofing detection, and data-driven decision-making
- Ability to engage in deep discussions with engineering and data science leads on topics like system architecture, AI model capabilities, and data infrastructure
- Deep understanding of recruiting ecosystems, including ATS systems, recruiting workflows, and hiring compliance requirements
- Proven ability to build scalable, extensible platforms that address evolving fraud threats rather than one-off solutions
- Demonstrated ability to effectively influence senior leadership and cross-functional 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.
What you’ll get
- 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
