Senior Technical Program Manager

Remote

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 Ethos</strong></p> <p>Ethos is a life insurance technology company on a mission to protect the next million families. Our platform serves consumers, agents, and carriers, and it turns a process that used to take weeks into one that takes minutes. We're a team that cares deeply, thinks clearly, and moves fast, with real ownership and very little red tape.</p> <p><strong>

About

the role</strong><strong><br></strong> As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you'll lead cross-team programs that move the business forward, from carrier integrations and partner launches to internal tooling and platform improvements. You'll bring structure to ambiguity, keep many teams pulling in the same direction, and make sure what we ship is what we meant to ship.</p> <p><strong>Duties and

Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own end-to-end delivery of cross-functional programs, from scoping and planning through launch and follow-up.</li> <li>Lead high-impact programs end to end with minimal oversight, owning the outcome rather than just the plan.</li> <li>Partner with Engineering, Product, Data, Operations, and external partners to turn goals into clear plans, milestones, and owners.</li> <li>Spot risks and dependencies early, raise them plainly, and drive decisions instead of waiting on consensus.</li> <li>Keep program health visible with crisp written updates, so leaders and teams always know where things stand.</li> <li>Dig into technical details (architecture, integrations, data flows) well enough to ask the right questions and make good tradeoffs.</li> <li>Run retrospectives after every launch and feed what you learn back into how we plan and execute.</li> </ul> <p><strong>

Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of technical program management (or similar) at a technology company.</li> <li>A track record of delivering complex programs that span multiple engineering teams.</li> <li>Enough technical depth to engage with engineers on system design, APIs, and integrations.</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication, including with senior stakeholders.</li> <li>Comfort with ambiguity, and the judgment to prioritize and adjust quickly.</li> <li>A data-driven approach: you define success metrics up front and measure against them.</li> </ul> <p><strong>

Nice to have</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience in insurance, fintech, or another regulated industry.</li> <li>Experience with partner or third-party integrations.</li> <li>Experience using AI tools to speed up planning, reporting, and execution.</li> </ul> <p><strong>#LI-Remote #LI-MK1</strong></p> <p>The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - $235,000. 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>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>You can find further details of our US

benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/</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

Salary

$123,000 - $217,000

Location

Remote

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

LinkedIn
Peter Colis

Peter Colis

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn

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02

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03

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