Director of Product Design
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28 days ago
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Job Summary
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! Weve 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 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:
Were looking for a Director of Product Design to lead and elevate design for Ethoss core business the end-to-end journey that takes customers from landing page to policy activation and beyond. Youll be responsible for defining how Ethos helps people navigate complex decisions with confidence clarity and care.
Youll collaborate with Product Engineering Research and Brand leaders to ensure every user touchpoint is intuitive efficient and emotionally resonant with user needs and the brand.
This role combines strategic vision team management with hands-on design and product building excellence. Youll champion intentional intuitive and engaging design compelling storytelling strategic experimentation and measurable business impact and will help make Ethos the most trusted and user-friendly life insurance experience in the world.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead design for the core conversion funnel covering landing experiences application flows underwriting checkout onboarding and policy management.
- Lead mentor and grow a small but mighty team of product designers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Engineering Research Marketing and Brand to deliver cohesive experiences that delight users and align with key business outcomes such as conversion and retention.
- Raise the bar for the design practice across: design systems and craft accessibilitydecision-making discipline experimentation storytelling leverage of research and data.
- Partner with adjacent design functions such as Performance Creative and Brand to create a consistent connected user journey across growth and product surfaces.
- Contribute to create an environment of excellence and growth where team members can do their best work and grow professionally and personally.
Qualifications:
- 10 years of product design (UX) experience including several years leading multi-person design teams.
- Proven ability to design for complex decision-heavy user journeys in b2c journeys. industries like fintech healthtech or insurtech.
- Strong understanding of conversion optimization user motivation and behavior design principles.
- Demonstrated experience turning ambiguity into clarity structuring complex information and simplifying it into elegant actionable flows.
- Skilled at storytelling and stakeholder communication you make design rationale clear measurable and compelling.
- A track record of positive impact to product quality and design culture.
- A portfolio showcasing strong visual and interaction design craft alongside compelling impact delivered for past businesses and their customers.
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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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- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
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