Job Description
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, Ethos is 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
About Ethos Life
Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families by blending industry expertise, technology, and the human touch.