Head of Growth, Checkr Personal

Checkr•San Francisco, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr's innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. 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 . Checkr is looking for a Head of Growth for our consumer product, Checkr Personal . Our vision is to build the largest network of verified individuals. Over the past year, we've 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, we're making our first growth hire dedicated to this product line. This role will be the right hand to Checkr's 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.

Requirements

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.

Responsibilities

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 doesn't.
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.

Benefits

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

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