Staff Technical Program Manager
- Level
- Staff
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
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About Ethos
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.
About the Role
At Ethos our Technical Program Managers operate within the Engineering organization and have technical knowledge that enables them to influence and drive cross-team projects and roadmaps. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization, and eager to collaborate to solve difficult challenges and display high agility to allow you to pivot as you lead the company's most pressing initiatives. In order to thrive in the role we are looking for an individual who is highly organized, and able to thrive and produce in high-pressure, time-sensitive scenarios.
Duties and 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
Qualifications and Skills:
- 15+ years knowledge/work as an active Scrum Master in software development environment
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience developing, coaching or managing teams
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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.
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The team: Software Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 12 open in Software Engineering. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in September: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (8 of 12), JavaScript (7 of 12), CI/CD (5 of 12), Test Automation (5 of 12), SQL (4 of 12), AWS (3 of 12), CSS (3 of 12)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Salesforce Developer posted Oct 13
- Senior Technical Program Manager posted Oct 6
- Technical Program Manager posted Sep 18
- Senior Data Engineer posted Sep 17
- Data Engineer posted Sep 17
- Senior Engineering Manager posted Aug 25
- Software Engineer posted Jul 17
- Software Engineer, Test posted Apr 25
- Senior Software Engineer, Test posted Apr 9
- Full Stack Engineer posted Jan 6
- Senior Fullstack Engineer posted Sep 13
From the team and dates on Ethos Life's own job board.
Salary context
14 other open postings titled Staff Technical Program Manager state a salary: median USD 175,000 to USD 218,000 a year.
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