Alan
2 months ago
🐼 Who we are
At Alan we are on an important mission to empower everyone to live a longer, healthier life. Our goal is to extend the quality years of life expectancy for everyone.
We are empowering our members to live a longer and healthier life with a ‘one-stop health partner’ model seamlessly integrating insurance, prevention, affordable care access and well-being services. We are redefining healthcare by being both a health insurer and a provider, creating the most member-centric experience in a vast market. We go above and beyond for our members and companies to overcome the day-to-day health obstacles and our product is built to address the biggest pain points they face. With Alan, you’re never al
We partner with 30,000+ companies, with 700K+ members, and cumulate €500M+ and growing ARR.
The team is 600+ people, and we operate in France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦.
🤘 How we do it ?
People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:
Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the companys success above all else.
Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.
Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.
Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.
Radically Transparent: We ****make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.
Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.
Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.
Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.
Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.
Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.
⭐️ The Insurance Team ⭐️
Being part of Alans insurance community is a great opportunity to have a significant impact on peoples health and wellbeing in our multiple countries of operation. We are at the heart of Alan’s mission, bringing to the team our technical leadership and expertise on healthcare and death & disability insurance.
We work hand in hand with our data scientists, designers, engineers and product managers to build the most differentiating products and provide a delightful experience at a fair price. We build and manage offers for large companies and civil servants with our sales and account management teams. We make sure our portfolio is closely monitored and risks are effectively managed. We also maintain a trusting relationship with our insurance regulators.
The insurance community is a human-scale team where each has a profound impact on Alan’s members, organization and strategy. We move fast, with a lot of ownership, and are proud to tackle big problems. Join us in creating the health experience we all deserve!
For more information and some examples, you can read the following articles:- Chez Alan, l’actuaire est un expert assurance- Our 2024 letter to shareholders- Price stability for health insurance, a tale
💻 The internship
We are seeking an exceptional Insurance Intern to join our team for a minimum of 6 months, starting ideally in June or July. You will get a chance to make a tangible impact on the healthcare field and potentially secure a future with Alan.
You will be joining the Insurance team, which focuses on innovating on our health and disability insurance products. You will have the unique opportunity to work on a blend of technical, business, and product skills.
You will dive into the lifecycle of a contract, from pricing and product implementation to the renewal phase:- Land on our most important deals (RFP - requests for proposal) with our Sales team, contributing to build the best health and disability offers and pricing. - Leverage and improve our underwriting digital solution, from our pricer tool to the generation of personalized presentations to our clients. - Learn to analyze consumption reports and past technical results and use them to set the best price for a given deal.
Renewal is one of the most strategic topics for an Insurance company, where the companys profitability and client retention are at stake. At Alan, renewal is not only about prices, but also about offering the best possible journey to our customers. You will:- Team up with Engineer, Data and Marketing teams to roll out our renewal campaign and ensure an delightful experience to our customers.- Propose innovative solutions to use our data to challenge our repricing decisions with our Account managers teams.- Contribute to build our first renewal campaign with our Belgium and Spain teams.
At Alan, we are at the forefront of the latest innovations in artificial intelligence. You will be expected to leverage every piece of technology at your disposal to contribute to scaling our tooling and processes.
Within the insurance team, the Alaners you will be working with and that will assist you throughout your internship at Alan include Anne, Gaelle, Laurent and Hana. They will ensure you have the guidance and resources needed to succeed.
⭐️ Expected skills and abilities ⭐️
You would thrive at Alan in this internship if most of this sounds like you:- Passionate about owning ambitious problems and developing simple solutions for them.- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.- Good knowledge of at least one programming language (SQL, Python)- Basic knowledge of insurance principles.- Setting a high standard of rigor and precision for yourself, interested in your craft.- Great listening and communication skills- Humble, kind, collaborative, and willing to grow.- Fluent and clear in French and English, both oral and written.
At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.
Therefore, we offer:
- Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary, for permanent contracts only.
- Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest.
- All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.
- Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish.
- Delightful healthcare insurance. Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% of the contribution covered by Alan for you and your family, for permanent contracts only.
- Transport. Country-specific commuter benefits.
- Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.
- Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents, for permanent contracts only.
Important note: we hire people not roles.
After reading this job description, if you feel like you don’t have all the necessary prerequisites but that it matches where you are now or what youd like to grow into in your next position, we encourage you to apply!
Not everybody will enter our recruitment process, but all, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply as it can only bring learnings or success.
🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info.