Principal Product Designer

About the role

Ethos Life is seeking a senior product designer to help shape the future of our offerings. This role involves both hands-on design work and guiding the contributions of other designers, aiming to elevate the quality and impact of our product development. You will contribute to a range of products and user experiences across our existing and emerging business areas.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Lead design strategy for various business units, overseeing all aspects of design execution.
• Contribute to the overall vision for the user experience across the company.
• Provide direction and mentorship to fellow designers.
• Develop new products and refine existing ones.
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders in product, engineering, marketing, and other departments.
• Enhance the product development process in partnership with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in product design.
• At least 2 years of experience at a venture-backed, privately held startup.
• A minimum of 2 years in a role influencing others through direct management or leadership.
• Proven ability to improve design practices and outcomes within organizations.
• Primarily in-house experience designing direct-to-consumer products.
• Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous, and experiment-driven environments, ideally in growth product or design.
• Experience designing complex consumer journeys where narrative and design quality significantly impact performance.
• Ability to clearly explain design choices, demonstrating intentionality and thorough thinking.
• A strong portfolio showcasing high-quality work, including interaction details, storytelling, visual refinement, and content design.
• Experience managing projects from initial discovery and problem definition through to implementation and measurement.
• Experience launching new products from scratch and improving existing user flows.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying and resolving process or alignment issues.
• Must reside within the Eastern Time Zone.

Nice to have

• Experience in a Growth Product/Design environment.
• Experience with high-consideration consumer flows where storytelling and design craft are key to product success.

Skills & tools

• Not specified in source.

Practical notes

• US national base salary range: $165,000 - $292,000.
• Compensation is determined by role, level, and location.
• Individual pay is influenced by work location, job-related skills, experience, and education.
• Compensation listed is base salary only; bonus, equity, or benefits are separate.
• US benefits details available at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/.
• All communications from Ethos Life will come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.
• Ethos Life will not request payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.