Technical Program Manager

7 Months ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Technical Program Manager at Ethos, you will operate within the Engineering organization, influencing and driving cross-team projects and roadmaps with your technical knowledge. You will develop and manage end-to-end project plans, ensuring on-time delivery. You will partner with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos' product strategy and development and provide hands-on program management. Additionally, you will drive internal process improvements, coordinate day-to-day tasks, and act as a Scrum Master using agile methodologies. You will also facilitate roadmapping, sprint planning, retrospectives, and scrum of scrums, communicating status to stakeholders.
Must have:
  • Develop and manage end-to-end project plans for delivery.
  • Partner with engineering and product leads for strategy.
  • Provide hands-on program management across phases.
  • Drive internal process improvements across teams.
  • Perform the duties of a Scrum Master.

Job Details

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! 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.

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

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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery
  • Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos' product strategy and development
  • Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases
  • Drive internal process improvements across teams and functions, to ensure high performance bars are met across the board
  • Provide day-to-day coordination for projects and tasks
  • Perform the duties of a Scrum Master using agile methodologies and scrum practices
  • Assist teams with having a detailed understanding of agile and scrum framework
  • Participate and facilitate roadmapping, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, demos, and scrum of scrums
  • Help teams understand and balance dependencies between performance, efficiency, and product functionality
  • Map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating efforts across organizations and verticals
  • Communicate status and big picture to the stakeholders and leadership
  • Work independently with minimal supervision

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 5+ years knowledge/work as an active Scrum Master in software development environment
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
  • Experience developing, coaching or managing teams

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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.

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.

To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

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About The Company

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get term life insurance. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally 15-week process into a modern digital experience for our users. Ethos has raised over $400 million from Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, and Google Ventures (GV). We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to join us in our mission to protect the next million families!

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