Director of Product Design
Lead and elevate design for Ethos’s core business and emerging portfolio, improving user experiences in life insurance.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Director of Product Design at Ethos Life is responsible for enhancing the user journey from initial engagement to policy activation, focusing on creating intuitive and emotionally resonant experiences. This role requires a strong background in product design, particularly in complex B2C environments like fintech or insurtech, along with leadership experience in managing design teams. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of optimizing user interactions and a portfolio that showcases their design impact. Ethos emphasizes collaboration across teams to ensure cohesive and effective user experiences.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Ethos Life's careers page November 4, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Design roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 13% of 16 comparable director design roles in United States we track (median $241,000 across 14 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Director of Product Design role remote?
- Yes — Ethos Life lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Ethos Life lists $183,000–$323,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Director of Product Design role.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Ethos Life targets director candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Director of Product Design role at Ethos Life.
From the original posting
About Ethos
About the role
We’re looking for a Director of Product Design to lead and elevate design for Ethos’s core business and pieces of a growing portfolio of emerging businesses. As part of this role you will improve the journey that takes customers from landing page to policy activation and beyond. You will also shape wholly new experiences that expand Ethos’ product offerings. Your work will define how Ethos helps people navigate complex decisions with confidence, clarity, and care.
You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Research, and Brand leaders to ensure every user touchpoint is intuitive, efficient, and emotionally resonant with user needs and the brand.
This role combines strategic vision, team management, with hands-on design and product building excellence. You’ll champion intentional, intuitive, and engaging design, compelling storytelling, strategic experimentation, and measurable business impact — and will help make Ethos the most trusted and user-friendly life insurance experience in the world.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead design for the core conversion funnel — 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.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 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.
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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 - $323,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.
You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/
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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