Remote Growth & Partnerships Strategy Lead

Ethos Life; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 127,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos Life is seeking an experienced operator to partner with Partnerships Leadership, acting as a force-multiplier across priorities at Ethos. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, revenue, distribution, strategic finance, and operations, working with cross-functional leadership to scale the Partnerships business.

The position offers high visibility and requires solving complex, fast-paced challenges in a rapidly scaling company.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience across VC/PE, Investment Banking, Strategy, Corporate Development, and/or Project Management.
• Exceptional modeling skills; comfortable building complex, multi-variable models from scratch.
• Strong external & cross-functional communicator - polished and credible in executive-level conversations, and able to translate complex product and commercial concepts clearly.
• Track record of operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a bias for action.
• Ability to flex between company-level strategic thinking and deep/narrow analytical problem solving.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience taking an AI-native approach to maximizing your capacity.

Responsibilities

• Distribution Strategy, Growth & Operations – Serve as a key strategic partner to Partnerships Leadership, ensuring high-priority, time-sensitive initiatives are executed effectively.
• New Vertical Strategy – Assess viability of new verticals and project-manage requirements to achieve product market fit.
• Digital Partnerships Vertical – Help lead Ethos’s digital partner relationships, owning launch execution, ongoing performance management, and expansion strategy.
• New Product Compensation – Determine top-of-market compensation structures for new product launches, developed with Finance, Product, and Insurance stakeholders.
• Strategic Finance & Analytics – Deliver ad hoc analyses supporting the Partnerships business unit requiring advanced financial modeling.

Skills

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Ambiguity tolerance

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

AI-enabled approach

Education

MBA

Tools

SQL

Job description

Ethos Life is seeking an experienced operator to partner with Partnerships Leadership, acting as a force-multiplier across priorities at Ethos. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, revenue, distribution, strategic finance, and operations, working with cross-functional leadership to scale the Partnerships business.

The position offers high visibility and requires solving complex, fast-paced challenges in a rapidly scaling company.