Technical Program Manager | Ethos Life | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About Ethos</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights’ Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn’s Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About the Role</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">At Ethos our Technical Program Managers operate within the Engineering organization and have technical knowledge that enables them to influence and drive cross-team projects and roadmaps. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization, and eager to collaborate to solve difficult challenges and display high agility to allow you to pivot as you lead the company’s most pressing initiatives. In order to thrive in the role we are looking for an individual who is highly organized, and able to thrive and produce in high-pressure, time-sensitive scenarios.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Duties and Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos’ product strategy and development</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Drive internal process improvements across teams and functions, to ensure high performance bars are met across the board</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide day-to-day coordination for projects and tasks</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Perform the duties of a Scrum Master using agile methodologies and scrum practices</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Assist teams with having a detailed understanding of agile and scrum framework</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Participate and facilitate roadmapping, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, demos, and scrum of scrums</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Help teams understand and balance dependencies between performance, efficiency, and product functionality</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating efforts across organizations and verticals</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Communicate status and big picture to the stakeholders and leadership</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work independently with minimal supervision</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years knowledge/work as an active Scrum Master in software development environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience developing, coaching or managing teams</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-Remote #LI-JA1</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 – $201,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/getethos/image/upload/v1684458868/00%5FCMS/CURRENT%5FCRPA%5FPrivacy%5FNotice%5Ffor%5FJob%5FApplicants%5F05-23.docx%5F-%5FGoogle%5FDocs%5Flr4j43.pdf" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Candidate Privacy Notice</a>.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights’ Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn’s Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About the Role</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">At Ethos our Technical Program Managers operate within the Engineering organization and have technical knowledge that enables them to influence and drive cross-team projects and roadmaps. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization, and eager to collaborate to solve difficult challenges and display high agility to allow you to pivot as you lead the company’s most pressing initiatives. In order to thrive in the role we are looking for an individual who is highly organized, and able to thrive and produce in high-pressure, time-sensitive scenarios.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Duties and Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos’ product strategy and development</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Drive internal process improvements across teams and functions, to ensure high performance bars are met across the board</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide day-to-day coordination for projects and tasks</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Perform the duties of a Scrum Master using agile methodologies and scrum practices</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Assist teams with having a detailed understanding of agile and scrum framework</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Participate and facilitate roadmapping, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, demos, and scrum of scrums</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Help teams understand and balance dependencies between performance, efficiency, and product functionality</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating efforts across organizations and verticals</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Communicate status and big picture to the stakeholders and leadership</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work independently with minimal supervision</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years knowledge/work as an active Scrum Master in software development environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience developing, coaching or managing teams</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-Remote #LI-JA1</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 – $201,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/getethos/image/upload/v1684458868/00%5FCMS/CURRENT%5FCRPA%5FPrivacy%5FNotice%5Ffor%5FJob%5FApplicants%5F05-23.docx%5F-%5FGoogle%5FDocs%5Flr4j43.pdf" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Candidate Privacy Notice</a>.</p>