Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager
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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 multiweek 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 fullstack 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 JayZ Kevin Durant Robert Downey Jr and others. This year we were named on CB Insights Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIns 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 crossteam projects and roadmaps. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator comfortable in a flat fastmoving organization and eager to collaborate to solve difficult challenges and display high agility to allow you to pivot as you lead the companys 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 highpressure timesensitive scenarios.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage endtoend project plans and ensure ontime delivery
- Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos product strategy and development
- Provide handson 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 daytoday 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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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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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
