Staff Principal Product Manager

About Ethos

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.

About the Role

We’re looking for a seasoned product manager to join our Consumer Product team. This team is responsible for building a delightful digital consumer experience, from onboarding users to helping them identify their families’ needs to purchasing the right insurance products to protect their families.

The ideal candidate will combine first-principles thinking, understanding of consumer needs, and creativity to envision delightful customer experiences. They’ll drive experimentation and strong execution to deliver results. We’re looking for an entrepreneurial product leader who is passionate about advocating on behalf of users and driving business growth, demonstrates a high degree of ownership, and is looking to join a team with a clear mission and purpose.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build experiences that touch millions of online insurance shoppers. This is a very customer-focused role with the opportunity to deliver measurable and visible impact
• Own the user experience, from the top of the funnel through to the bottom. Use consumer insights and data to drive improvements to the user experience and conversion rates
• Educate consumers on the need for Life Insurance and help them purchase the right type and level of coverage to protect their families
• Improve conversion rates by removing unnecessary friction and motivating users to complete the application
• Take new insurance products (e.g. Indexed Universal Life, Whole Life) to market.
• Build a great end to end experience anchored on accessibility, delight and simplicity
• Operate with ownership and have a high degree of autonomy. Ethos is a product first company, where Product Managers operate with autonomy and ownership

Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of total experience in the technology industry
• 5+ years of experience as a product manager in a high growth technology company, building products that touch millions of consumers.
• Ability to generate, test, and refine hypotheses using a blend of data, user insights, and market trends, ensuring product decisions are both innovative and impactful.
• Ability to seamlessly transform ideas into actionable plans and user-resonant designs, utilizing rapid prototyping and feedback