Business Operations, Senior Manager / Director

Job Posted 10 Days Ago Posted 10 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in US
Remote
Senior level
Consumer Web • Fintech • Insurance
Ethos blends industry expertise and technology to provide accessible and affordable life insurance coverage.
The Role
The role involves executing high-priority initiatives in the Finance & Strategy team, focusing on market research, financial planning, and improving efficiency by collaborating across teams. The candidate will use analytical skills to influence decision-making and communicate financial insights.
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About Ethos

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones. 

We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone. 

Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights' Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn's Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families! 

About The Role

Ethos is looking for an ambitious self-starter to join our Finance & Strategy team. As part of this team you will play a major role in executing high priority initiatives for our Direct to Consumer business, performing market research to help inform the company’s strategy & product roadmap, and defining the company’s financial plan. You will use a combination of analytical, operational, and technical skills to evaluate key business problems (scale, efficiency, and quality) while considering multiple different stakeholders.

This role will have high visibility across the executive team and will require you to solve the most complex, interesting challenges of a rapidly-scaling startup. If you enjoy working in an environment that is fast-paced, analytically rigorous, mission-driven and impact-oriented, read on and get in touch!

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Drive our efforts to better serve new customer segments, launch new insurance products, and/or partnerships offerings
  • Apply business judgment and financial insights to drive decision making related to unit economics, customer acquisition, operations, core business expansion, and new opportunities
  • Improve the speed and efficiency of our growth by collaborating closely with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations teams
  • Apply a data-driven analytical approach to influence decision making and support company leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives
  • Develop and monitor critical financial performance metrics, and communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 7+ years of relevant work experience, including:
    • 2+ years of consulting, investment banking, and/or private equity / growth equity
    • 2+ years of operational experience at a high-growth technology company 
  • Best-in-class excel skills and extensive experience developing insightful financial models and quantitative analyses, paired with strong critical thinking and sound business judgment
  • Ability to flex between high-level strategic thinking and deep analytical problem solving
  • Motivated self-starter with a track record of success and a proven ability to juggle multiple projects/tasks while hitting deadlines. Desire to own and drive projects from Day 1
  • Excellent communication skills and effective cross-functional collaborator
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Stellar academic record with a degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, etc.) 

Bonuses:

  • SQL knowledge
  • Ability to use statistical analysis tools

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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $108,000 - $191,000. 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
687 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Ethos makes getting life insurance instant and easy. Our approach blends technology and industry expertise, and the human touch to deliver an incredible life insurance experience.

Ethos has raised over $400 million of capital from Sequoia, Accel, Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Softbank and more. We are one of the largest U.S. life insurance issuers. We continue to scale quickly and are looking for passionate Ethosaurs to protect the next million families.

Why Work With Us

Ethos is powered by people from all kinds of backgrounds. We embrace a one-team, one-dream mentality, while encouraging Ethosaurs to speak their mind and act boldly, even in the absence of consensus. We believe in decentralized decision making - not decisions made by committee.

Here you can have an impact and true ownership over your successes.

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