Director of Product Design, Partnerships

We’re looking for a Director of Product Design to lead and elevate design for Ethos’s Partnerships business and Platform teams.Buying life insurance is one of the most important financial decisions a family can make. The vast majority of families complete this purchase with the facilitation of an agent. For the last...

As the head of design for Ethos’ Partnership and Platforms you will have a direct opportunity to shape how design helps agents and their customers achieve their goals. This is a role with broad surface area and ideal for someone with the interest and versatility to work across a wide range of domains including agent...

This role combines an eye for craft, strategic vision, team management, with hands-on design and product building excellence. You’ll champion intentional, intuitive, and strategic product experiences, compelling storytelling, and measurable business impact — and will help make Ethos the most trusted and user-friendl...

Lead design for Partnerships and Platform — covering agent onboarding and activation, quoting, applications, and sales, agent growth and retention, compensation, enterprise/agency management, partner integrations, insurance product expansion, underwriting, payments experiments, and more.
Lead, mentor, and grow a small but mighty team of product designers.
Work closely with Research to discover and prioritize meaningful opportunities that improve business outcomes and agent success — collaborating with Product and Leadership to shape roadmaps.
Work crossfunctionally with Marketing, Lifecycle Marketing, Performance Creative and Brand to shape compelling and connected end-to-end journeys for agents and agencies and their clients across segments, needs and products.
Contribute to create an environment of excellence and growth where team members can do their best work and grow professionally and personally.
Serve as Design Site Leader for Ethos India — Raise the bar for the design practice globally. 

10+ years of product design (UX) experience, including several years leading multi-person design teams.
2+ years of start-up experience requiring fast decision making and ability to evaluate ambiguous product problems with a mix of intuition, user experience, and measurement.
Experience working on B2B2C, gig economy, and products serving a range of company sizes.
  
Proven ability to design for complex, decision-heavy user journeys in industries like fintech, healthtech, or insuretech.
Strong understanding of conversion optimization, user motivation, and behavior design principles.
Proven ability to build and lead high performing teams.
A portfolio showcasing strong visual, interaction design, and storytelling craft alongside compelling impact delivered for past businesses and their customers.

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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.