Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Ethos</strong></h3> <p>Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.</p></div><p><strong>

About

the role</strong></p> <p>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><strong>Duties and

Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery</li> <li>Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos' product strategy and development</li> <li>Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases</li> <li>Drive internal process improvements within

the team</li> <li>Provide day-to-day coordination for projects and tasks</li> <li>Perform the duties of a Scrum Master using agile methodologies and scrum practices</li> <li>Assist teams with having a detailed understanding of agile and scrum framework</li> <li>Participate and facilitate roadmapping, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, demos, and scrum of scrums</li> <li>Help teams understand and balance dependencies between performance, efficiency, and product functionality</li> <li>Map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating efforts across organizations and verticals</li> <li>Communicate status and big picture to the stakeholders and leadership</li> <li>Work independently with minimal supervision</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>

Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years knowledge/work as a Project or Program Manager in product development environment</li> <li>BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>#LI-Hybrid</strong><br><strong>#LI-SP1</strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>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>We are an equal opportunity employer. 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>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_CMS/CURRENT_CRPA_Privacy_Notice_for_Job_Applicants_05-23.docx_-_Google_Docs_lr4j43.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://res.cloudinary.com/getethos/image/upload/v1684458868/00_CMS/CURRENT_CRPA_Privacy_Notice_for_Job_Applicants_05-23.docx_-_Google_Docs_lr4j43.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1684616836493000&usg=AOvVaw2BlajerdOWoHawb8unUdI4">California Candidate Privacy Notice</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.<br><br></strong></em><em><strong>We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.</strong></em></p></div>

About Ethos Life

Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market), and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services.

Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you.

Ethos was founded in 2016. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Job details

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Company

NameEthos Life
IndustryBrokers & Service
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$414M

Last stage

Series D

Investors

General Catalyst
Sequoia Capital
Accel
GV
SoftBank Vision Fund

Founders

Lingke Wang

Lingke Wang

Co-Founder & President

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Peter Colis

Peter Colis

Co-Founder & CEO

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