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Ethos · 2 days ago

Director of Product Design, New Products

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$147K/yr - $261K/yr
date10+ years exp

Ethos is a company focused on making life insurance faster and easier for families through technology and data science. They are seeking a Director of Product Design to lead the design for emerging product lines, ensuring a seamless user experience and driving conversion and activation through innovative design practices.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechInsuranceInsurTechLife Insurance
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

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. Bring in design specialists to support the vision as needed
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

Qualification

Product design (UX)Conversion optimizationTeam leadershipB2C user journeysStorytelling craftStakeholder communicationDesign culture impactVisual designInteraction design

Required

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

Company

Ethos

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Ethos makes getting life insurance instant and easy.
dateFounded in 2016
location
Austin, Texas, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://www.ethos.com

H1B Sponsorship

Ethos has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9)
2024 (11)
2023 (8)
2022 (27)
2021 (17)
2020 (9)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$413.96M
Key Investors
SoftBank Vision FundGeneral CatalystGoogle Ventures
2022-01-24Series D· $7.46M
2021-07-21Series D· $100M
2021-05-11Series D· $200M

Leadership Team

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Peter Colis
CEO and Co-founder
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Vipul Sharma
Chief Technology Officer
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Recent News

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2025-11-28
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Ethos and Lifeforce Team Up to Help Policyholders Live Longer, Healthier Lives
2025-08-13
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Ethos Appoints William Wheeler to Board of Directors
2025-07-31
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