Head of Growth, Checkr Personal

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014 Checkrs innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100000 customers including DoorDash Coinbase Lyft Instacart and Airtable.

Were a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes CloudList and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the team/role

Checkr is looking for a Head of Growthfor our consumer product Checkr Personal. Our vision is to build the largest network of verified individuals. Over the past year weve seen exponential growth both through direct-to-consumer adoption and growing demand from job platforms looking to embed our verified profiles to let their workers stand out.

Given the strong traction and massive market opportunity were making our first growth hire dedicated to this product line. This role will be the right hand to Checkrs Co-founder and Head of Checkr Personal. You will be instrumental in shaping and scaling our growth.

The ideal candidate is a scrappy full-stack growth marketer with experience building and executing B2C strategies in fast-paced environments. This is a high-leverage opportunity to help scale a new product line inside a profitable fast growing company.

What youll get

• High-visibility work and ownership: Direct impact on one of Checkrs newest and fastest-growing product lines.
• A fast-paced and collaborative environment: feels like a startup but backed by the scale resources and reach of Checkr.

What youll do

• Own the growth engine: Design run and evolve our growth strategy spanning acquisition activation and retention.
• Move fast: Launch experiments across paid organic referral and product channels; scale what works and drop what doesnt.
• Be hands-on: Write copy launch ads test landing pages tweak onboarding flows and dig into data.
• Find leverage: Identify new channels loops and creative bets that unlock step-changes in user growth.
• Collaborate deeply: Partner with product design and engineering to make growth part of the product experience.
• Measure what matters: Track CAC retention LTV and virality but focus on learning velocity and compounding results.

Who you are

• 8 years in growth marketing with some experience as a founder or at an early stage high-growth consumer startup.
• A generalist with experience across acquisition lifecycle and product-led growth.
• Comfortable getting scrappy: you test learn talk to users and build without waiting for process or polish.
• Analytical and creative in equal measure: you can go from SQL to campaign copy and Figma mock in a single day.
• Excited by ambiguity and speed.
• Curious about AI-driven growth and automation tools.

What youll 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

At Checkr we believe a hybrid 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 -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.

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