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First Advantage

Global background screening and risk management

Senior Technical Product Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Remote
ProductTechnical Product Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Owner, Software Engineer, or similar role in agile environments.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and making informed decisions with incomplete data.
  • Strong technical acumen with the ability to engage in conversations around application programming interfaces, system architecture, integrations, and cloud-native ecosystems.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex business problems into clear, actionable technical requirements.
  • Proven experience balancing feature delivery with platform health, scalability, and security considerations.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Customer-focused, results-oriented, and biased toward learning and iteration.
  • Collaborative, accountable, and comfortable leading without authority.
  • Analytical thinker with strong prioritization and decision-making skills.
Responsibilities
  • Own product definition and backlog quality by synthesizing internal and external input to define market problems and product outcomes.
  • Translate product strategy and business requirements into well-structured epics, features, and user stories with precise, testable acceptance criteria and a clear definition of done.
  • Own and continuously refine the product backlog, maintaining clarity, readiness, and priority alignment.
  • Partner with Engineering and Architecture to ensure solutions align with scalable, event-driven, and secure system designs.
  • Communicate priorities, context, constraints, and expected outcomes to development teams to align product intent with delivery execution.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs across customer value, technical feasibility, delivery risk, and long-term platform health.
  • Lead iteration planning and backlog refinement while supporting pragmatic, outcome-focused agile workflows.
  • Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers that could affect delivery timelines or product outcomes.
  • Champion artificial intelligence, automated testing strategies, reuse, repeatability, and secure-by-design practices.
  • Track product performance and delivery metrics to assess value realization, delivery predictability, and quality.
  • Use data and feedback to inform roadmap adjustments and prioritization decisions.
  • Balance new feature development with defect resolution and technical debt reduction.
  • Serve as a trusted subject matter expert and product ambassador with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Build cross-functional relationships to align roadmap priorities and delivery expectations.
  • Mentor and support others in modern product management and agile delivery practices.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with criminal data source fulfillment or regulated data environments.
  • Familiarity with artificial intelligence, application programming interface-architected systems, and event-driven systems.

About the company

First Advantage provides background screening, identity verification, and risk management services, including pre-employment checks and ongoing monitoring to support compliant hiring. Its platform processes checks across many jurisdictions, combining data collection, verification, and ongoing updates with AI and automation to speed and improve accuracy. The company differentiates itself by operating in 200+ countries, serving industries like healthcare, finance, transportation, and retail, and by emphasizing accuracy, compliance, and security, plus its 2024 acquisition of Sterling Check Corp. Its goal is to help businesses make informed hiring decisions and keep workplaces safe and compliant.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

2003

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue reached $448.8 million, up 14.9%, and management raised full-year guidance.
  • First Advantage won 20 enterprise deals in Q2 2026, each worth at least $500,000 annually.
  • Cash flow reached $73.6 million, enabling $45 million debt paydown and $18.7 million buybacks.

What critics are saying

  • Silver Lake sold 12.5 million shares on August 12, 2026, signaling a looming exit overhang.
  • Hiring-volume swings hit screening demand fast; management tied 2026 momentum to current labor trends.
  • Any FCRA or identity-verification error can trigger customer churn, lawsuits, and regulator intervention quickly.

What makes First Advantage unique

  • First Advantage spans 200-plus countries and screens 80,000 customers, including two-thirds of Fortune 100.
  • Its August 2026 Q2 update showcased proprietary AI chat and automation inside workflow-heavy screening.
  • Sterling integration since October 2024 created scale and $63 million run-rate synergies by Q2 2026.

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8-K

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