Chief of Staff, Product

About the team/role

In this highly strategic role, you will partner with executives and senior leaders both across the business and within the Product org. As Chief of Staff reporting directly to the CPO, you will have an immediate impact on our CPO’s productivity from day one, streamlining strategic initiatives and aligning objectives across teams. You will act as our CPO’s right hand.

You will play a central role in transforming how we build products—accelerating product development processes and embracing AI to move faster and smarter. If you have a deep understanding of product functions and are exceptionally strong in business strategy, planning, program management, team alignment, and are an excellent communicator, please apply — we can’t wait to meet you.

What you’ll do

• Act as a proxy to the CPO in terms of driving organizational efficiency and productivity across the Product org
• Drive the transformation of product development processes to be faster and more efficient, with a strong emphasis on embracing AI
• Partner directly with executives across Checkr on major initiatives where Product is a key lever, including new product lines, M&A, and board prep.
• Bootstrap new initiatives, fill gaps on the leadership team, conduct customer and competitive research, and coach teammates
• Assist in goal setting, aligning, executing, and reporting on expected outcomes within the Product org. Leverage data and analytics to provide insights and recommendations on product strategy and team performance.
• Understand the pulse and climate of the Product org and its employees
• Drive decisions on product strategy, resource allocation, and cross-functional tradeoffs. Author strategy docs as the byproduct of those decisions.&