🐼 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 alone.

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:

1. Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the company's success above all else.

2. Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.

3. Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.

4. Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.

5. Radically Transparent: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.

6. Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.

7. Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.

8. Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.

9. Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.

10. Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.

⭐️ The Public Affairs job ⭐️

Our Public Affairs function is crucial to:

• Shape and influence regulatory frameworks that benefit our members

• Remove barriers to innovation in healthcare delivery

• Transform how healthcare and insurance work together

• Drive flagship projects in occupational health, AI regulation, and health data access

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of healthcare while working at the intersection of technology, insurance, and public policy. We're looking for someone who can autonomously drive change and navigate complex regulatory landscapes while maintaining Alan's mission-driven approach.

The focus should be France first, with some natural involvement in projects impacting other geographies Alan is operating in.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Impact

• Lead flagship regulatory projects enabling Alan to expand our health partner value proposal, with a main focus on France 

• Help define a truly user-centric future for healthcare, combining the best of human interactions, technology and data

• Navigate complex legislative and regulatory processes

• Identify and push for meaningful regulatory changes

• Build and execute strategic policy roadmaps

Network Building

• Develop and maintain key public sector relationships

• Build strategic alliances within the healthcare ecosystem

• Create opportunities for public health service experimentations

• Autonomously manage stakeholder relationships

• Represent Alan in industry federations

Expert Leadership

• Bridge technical and policy requirements

• Translate complex concepts for public stakeholders

• Connect healthcare initiatives to broader economic context

• Support internal teams in regulatory understanding

• Prepare leadership for public engagement

⭐ Is it you we’re looking for?

We're looking for someone who combines policy expertise with strategic thinking, has a deep understanding of the healthcare system, and can autonomously drive change in complex regulatory landscapes.

The ideal candidate will bring versatility and strong fundamentals in healthcare, in addition to a public affairs experience. They should be excited about tackling flagship projects, helping us define the future of healthcare while effectively managing day-to-day regulatory work.

Experience

• Experience in public affairs (5 to 10 years), with focus on quality rather than quantity

• Background in one or more of the following:

  • Minister/President's staff with Health/Social expertise

  • Head of Public Affairs in companies from the healthcare or insurance industry managing complex regulatory challenges

  • Senior position (A+) in Central administration or public entities

  • Parliamentary assistance with current network

  • Public Affairs consultancy with additional private sector experience

Hard Skills

• Expertise in health insurance and social protection systems

• Mastering of legislative and regulatory processes

• Strategic thinking (ability to connect healthcare policies to broader economic and political context) and synthesis/simplification capabilities

• Existing public/professional network

• Project management  and autonomous work capabilities

• Understanding of technology and its regulatory implications

Soft Skills

• Appetite for a high intensity and fast-pace working environment

• Willingness to challenge status quo

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Very good written and verbal communication skills

• Negotiation expertise

• Rigour of reasoning and attention to detail

Language Requirements

• Native-level French

• Professional fluency in English (spoken and written)

For this opportunity, we are aiming to hire within the D-F level range.

🙌   Perks & Benefits

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. Work from anywhere!

• All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Air, 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. Generous transit benefit

• 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 you'd 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.

We care about having a diversity of experiences, profiles and backgrounds in our team. 

🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info.