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[Remote] Head of Sales

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ethos is hiring a Head of Sales to develop and scale its sales organization. The role owns sales strategy and operations, leads managers and agent teams, and drives hiring, performance, sales experimentation, staffing, and compensation planning.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the 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 tailored to the Final Expense customer
  • 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

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
  • Candidates with B2C insurance, insurtech, or high-velocity consumer sales backgrounds will be considered
  • 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
  • Deep expertise in final expense, whole life, or adjacent protection products strongly preferred

Company Overview

  • Ethos (Nasdaq: $LIFE) makes getting life insurance instant and easy. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.ethos.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Ethos has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 9 in 2025, 11 in 2024, 8 in 2023, 27 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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