Staff Technical Program Manager

About This Role

This Staff Technical Program Manager role operates within the Engineering organization, driving cross-team projects and roadmaps. The position suits an excellent communicator who is comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization and eager to collaborate to solve difficult challenges. The ideal candidate will display high agility to pivot as they lead the company's most pressing initiatives, thriving and producing in high-pressure, time-sensitive scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery
• Partner closely with engineering and product leads to evolve Ethos' product strategy and development
• Provide hands-on 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 day-to-day 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

Requirements

• 15+ years knowledge/work as an active Scrum Master in a software development environment
• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience developing, coaching or managing teams

About the Company

Ethos (Nasdaq: $LIFE) 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.