Senior Product Designer - Health Testing | Checkr

As a Senior Product Designer for Verifications, you will own end-to-end user experiences powering Checkr’s core verification products—spanning employment, education, criminal records, driving records, and specifically focusing on drug and occupational health testing. Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams, you will simplify high-trust, regulated workflows across candidate, employer, and internal operations surfaces. In this hands-on, high-ownership role, you will leverage AI-assisted design and prototyping tools to rapidly iterate, test, and ship clear, accessible, and transparent product experiences.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Product Design & Workflow Simplification

• Verifications Domain Ownership: Own end-to-end design across key verification areas—with an emphasis on drug and occupational health testing—serving candidates, employers, and internal operations.
• Complex Workflow Distillation: Simplify sensitive, high-friction workflows including verification requests, identity consent/authorization, document collection, clinic appointment scheduling, status tracking, and exception handling.
• AI-Assisted Prototyping: Utilize modern AI-assisted design and development tools to rapidly prototype, validate concepts, and implement lightweight UI code changes to accelerate iteration cycles.
• Systematic UI & Visual Craft: Create responsive web interfaces, design specs, interaction patterns, and accessible UI assets that adhere to and expand Checkr’s design system.

Research, Alignment & Cross-Functional Strategy

• High-Trust UX Patterns: Design for transparency, error prevention, compliance, privacy, and accessibility in a heavily regulated domain.
• Data-Informed Iteration: Combine qualitative user research, candidate interviews, usability testing, and product analytics to validate hypotheses and refine launched capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Facilitate design reviews, discovery workshops, and alignment sessions across Engineering, Product, Customer Success, Sales, Operations, and Compliance/Legal teams.

Requirements

Experience Track & Design Foundations

• Experience Track: 5 to 8+ years of professional product design experience shipping complex digital products end-to-end.
• End-to-End Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating problem framing, candidate/user research, workflow exploration, rationale, collaboration, and measurable business impact.
• Complex Domain Design: Proven capability to distill complex, edge-case-heavy B2B or B2B2C systems into clear, intuitive user flows.
• Research & Testing Skills: Ability to independently plan, execute, and synthesize lightweight qualitative research, usability tests, and concept validations.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Demonstrated success influencing product roadmaps and engineering decisions through clear communication, storytelling, and design craft.
• Attention to Detail: Deep care for interaction patterns, content typography, information hierarchy, and WCAG accessibility standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing within HR tech, background screening, healthcare, identity verification, or compliance-heavy regulated industries.
• Background designing B2B or B2B2C workflow tools utilized by operations teams or external enterprise partners.
• Direct familiarity with design systems, token management, and scalable component documentation.
• Experience crafting secure user experiences centered around consent, data privacy, and sensitive user records.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: Location-based competitive salary ($143,000 – $199,000 USD depending on region) + equity options + advancement opportunities.
• Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
• Family & Parental Support: Up to $25,000 USD reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services.
• Hub Perks & Commute: Daily catered lunches (5 days/week in office), commuter stipends, relocation allowances (for eligible hub relocations), and stocked office snacks/beverages.
• Time Off & Wellness: Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO), monthly wellness stipends, and dedicated learning and development allowances.