Ethos

Ethos blends industry expertise and technology to provide accessible and affordable life insurance coverage.

Director of Product Design – New Products

Product DesignerProduct DesignerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 201-500H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

93 days ago

Salary

$147K - $261K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead design emerging business lines — 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, accessibility, decision-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.

Job Requirements

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 team 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, interaction design, and storytelling craft alongside compelling impact delivered for past businesses and their customers.

Benefits

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.