Principal Product Designer

About Ethos. 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

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! Weve 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

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone

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!. About The Role. Were looking for a seasoned designer to help take our core consumer experience to the next level. Youll work on innovative new features and optimizations across our core Term Life business, set the bar for quality, improve our processes, and mentor other UX designers. Designers at Ethos play an instrumental role in shaping every aspect of the product. We work across the organization to develop novel solutions to large, interesting challenges, and build world class products that create real value for real people.

You will experiment, invent, and occasionally fail but most importantly, you will learn and advocate tirelessly for the customers you are creating products for

Duties And Responsibilities. Lead design strategy and execution for several work streams within our core Term Life business (onboarding, x-sell, up-sell, re-engagement). Identify opportunity areas to make large bets and align the organization to bring the desired impact into reality. Manage executive stakeholders across engineering, product, marketing, and more. Help set the vision for our overall user experience. Define and build new products and iterate on existing ones. Drive improvements to the product development process with cross functional partners.

Qualifications And Skills. 7+ years of in-house product design experience for a direct to consumer product. An understanding of when to use the design process and when to shortcut it. Ability to move quickly while producing high quality designs. A strong portfolio that demonstrates your impact and leadership. Demonstrated ability to drive business impact. Ability to reduce complex problems down to flexible and intuitive patterns. Extensive experience leading projects and process spanning insights, ideation and validation through to design implementation. The ability to challenge the assumptions of oneself as well of those around you. Preferred experience in complex industries like FinTech, HealthTech, or InsureTech. Dont meet every single requirement? If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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

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

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