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Head of Term Life Insurance Sales

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8–12+ years of sales leadership experience, with direct ownership of inside sales teams of 30+ in a B2C or high-volume direct-to-consumer environment
  • Proven track record of owning a sales organization — exceeding revenue targets and scaling a business through headcount growth and operational improvement
  • Deep expertise in term life insurance or adjacent protection products strongly preferred; candidates with B2C financial services, insurtech, or high-velocity consumer sales backgrounds
  • Experience designing and managing agent compensation plans, performance management frameworks, and staffing models at scale

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Term Life Insurance Sales organization, responsible for managing multiple teams and driving performance
  • Define and own KPIs across production, activity, efficiency, and quality; foster a data-driven performance culture with clear accountability at every level
  • Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing team of licensed agents and managers — hiring top talent, building career paths, and maintaining a culture of performance
  • Build and continuously improve sales playbooks, scripts, and sales motions

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
  • English

Other skills

  • Team Building
  • Coaching
  • Analytical Skills
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Ethos Life Agents

Insurance

Ethos is a technology company that makes getting life insurance easier, faster, and better for everyone. We leverage deep technology and data science in our mission to protect the next million families by streamlining the life insurance process so it's more accessible and convenient. We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. This full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health. Ethos has raised over $400 million from Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, and Google Ventures (GV). We are listed in Forbes’ Top 50 Fintechs of 2020. Come join us on our mission to protect the next million families. https://www.ethoslife.com/self-serve-refer/?r=49884

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryInsurance
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

About Ethos

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

About the Role

We are looking for an ambitious Head of Term Life Insurance Sales to help lead our Term Life Insurance Sales Team in a mission to protect the next million families. As our Head of Term Life Sales, you will own the strategy and full operational engine of our largest  sales organization, leading multiple managers and sales teams. You will be tasked with expanding our world-class Term sales organization, by recruiting and training the best Agents. You will collaborate with Product stakeholders to test and experiment into new sales motions. You will partner with Finance to develop staffing models and compensation plans. We're looking for a proven, hands-on sales leader who can drive performance today while architecting the organization, playbooks, and culture needed to win tomorrow.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead the Term Life Insurance Sales organization, responsible for managing multiple teams and driving performance 
  • Define and own KPIs across production, activity, efficiency, and quality; foster a data-driven performance culture with clear accountability at every level
  • Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing team of licensed agents and  managers — hiring top talent, building career paths, and maintaining a culture of performance
  • Build and continuously improve sales playbooks, scripts, and sales motions
  • Develop coaching programs across call reviews, shadowing, certifications, and performance improvement plans for both managers and agents 
  • Partner with Product and Marketing teams to develop shared test and experimentation roadmaps
  • Set and manage staffing plans in partnership with Finance and Marketing, ensuring coverage, ramp capacity, and productivity targets are met
  • Design and evolve compensation plans that align agent and manager incentives with business outcomes

Qualifications and Skills

  • 8–12+ years of sales leadership experience, with direct ownership of inside sales teams of 30+ in a B2C or high-volume direct-to-consumer environment
  • Proven track record of owning a sales organization — exceeding revenue targets and scaling a business through headcount growth and operational improvement
  • Deep expertise in term life insurance or adjacent protection products strongly preferred; candidates with B2C financial services, insurtech, or high-velocity consumer sales backgrounds
  • Experience designing and managing agent compensation plans, performance management frameworks, and staffing models at scale
  • Strong analytical operator fluent in forecasting, pipeline management, and modern CRM and telephony systems (Salesforce, Regal, or equivalent); able to translate data into rapid action
  • Excellent coach and developer of talent — track record of building manager capability and creating high-performance team cultures
  • Natural cross-functional partner; skilled at using data and customer insight to influence Product, Marketing, and Operations
  • Thrives in a fast-moving, tech-forward environment with a strong bias for action, high ownership, and a builder's mindset

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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $119,000 - $210,000. 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. 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.

Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.

We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.

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