CEO Founder Associate Intern

Alan is the healthcare super-app offering personalised healthcare & wellbeing to our members.

Founded in 2016 by Jean-Charles Samuelian and Charles Gorintin, Alan is the first independent digital health insurance in France since 1986.

By providing our members with delightful health insurance bundled with innovative healthcare services, Alan's long-term goal is to help all people have a personalized and accessible healthcare experience.

As of today, Alan covers more than 250,000 members, representing over ?160m+ of annualized revenue. We recently raised a further ?185m in a series D funding round bringing the company's total valuation to ?1.4bn. The team is 450+ people and growing. We recently landed in Spain and Belgium , and guess what: the best is yet to come!

How we do it?

At Alan, we have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work:

• Members first. We put our members first, our team second, our shareholders third.
• Distributed Ownership. We empower everyone to make courageous decisions and to work asynchronously.
• Radical Transparency. We take all our decisions in writing and adopt a direct and honest style of communication.
• Personal & Team Growth. We are self-improving whilst helping others grow. We're no ego-doers and we all edit the company.
• Fearless ambition. We shoot for the moon and work backwards. We push for excellence by focusing on uncomfortable A+ problems.
• Underrepresented folks...

Science shows that you are less likely to apply if you feel you don't have all the necessary prerequisites. If this description matches where you are now or what you'd like to grow into in your next position, we encourage you to apply.

We strive to make our culture as inclusive as possible and believe both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.

• We have an open salary & equity policy combined with a transparent career path: we base our people decisions on objective criteria.
• We have flexible working hours and leave policy.
• We trust people to work remotely
• We extended the length of parental leave and value this time as professional experience.
• We respect our coworkers gender identity and use their names, pronouns and agreements no matter their legal status.
• We make tough decisions if we see discriminatory remarks.

Alan - Founder Associate Intern

The position is open for July/September 2022, ideally for a six-month internship.

Role & Scope

As a Founder Associate, you will support Founders and Senior Alaners on top business priorities, such as unlocking new growth, driving alignment on strategy and building foundational infrastructure.

Possible topics include:

• Corporate & Governance (Board, Legal, fundraisings, meetings, public affairs...).
• M&A (identifying and exploring strategic business and product opportunities - acquisitions, acqui-hires,...).
• Growth (supporting marketing initiatives, partnerships...).Talent (sourcing and recruiting, building and - organizing Full-Days).
• Brand & Communication (Corporate Brand, Founders' Brands)
• Product (identify and explore strategic product opportunities).
• Strategy (contribute to the strategic vision of the company, screen markets and competition, produce business analyses, build models of growth, etc.).
• Other (People topics, knowledge topics, organizational topics,...)

You want to know more about the role? Check out our blog post about it here. Former and current Founder Associates share their vision of the position and describe more precisely the projects they've been working on.

Examples of recent projects

• Taking part and coordinating Series D fundraising: preparation of Pitch Deck, financial analysis to assess valuation, coordination of fundraising with investors
• Launching Alan's environmental policy: establishing key objectives, framing our environmental policy, coordinating our carbon audit
• Contributing to an M&A process: involvement on due diligence and valuation, process coordination, and company integration within our community
• Launching Alan Baby App: working with growth and marketing teams to build effective acquisition campaigns and perfect retention/usage metrics
• Launching Alan as a Service: in-depth market & strategic analysis, research, and technical exploration.
• And many more...
• Key outcomes by the end of the internship

By the end of the internship period, the intern will have:

• Supported the CEO and other Senior Alaners, owning and delivering on a high-volume and broad range of topics. Doing so, the intern will interact with most of Alan's communities (Corporate, Strategy, Growth, M&A, Brand, Talent).
• Created new processes and resources, and contributed innovative ideas to improve Founders Associates team efficiency and autonomy.
• Contributed directly/acted as project coordinator to/for at least one strategic company project (M&A, fundraising, new product launch, etc.).

Profile & competencies

Skills

• Analytical sense and critical thinking: FAs have a lot of research and analysis to produce. This requires the ability to frame the right questions, objectively analyze and evaluate a problem or issue, and problem-solve including simulating possible outcomes.
• Versatility and education: given the scope of work, FAs should be able to jump from one topic to another with a similar impact.
• Execution and collaboration: given the scope, volume and timeline of work, the ability to direct people-including oneself-towards a particular objective that may require active orchestration is key.
• Influential communication: given the number of Alaners FAs interact with on a daily basis, the ability to effectively cause both understanding and action in others without the use of direct power is essential.
• 'Business' sense: FAs often have to think at the company level, assessing what would be best for the business, and working on topics that have cross-cutting impacts. The ability to understand what can make a business great (product-wise, commercially, in terms of image, etc.), and usually make correct decisions, even in the presence of ambiguity, is paramount.

Languages

• Fluency in spoken and written English. All our communications are written and in English.
• French fluency preferred but not required.
• 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 for them to be happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.

Therefore, we offer:

• Flexible Office. Amazing office space in the headquarters, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience for those who want, with home office equipment sponsorship.
• We reward fairly. Competitive Salary and generous equity packages
• All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-cancelling headphones
• Flexible vacation policy. Alaners can organize their time off as they wish.
• Delightful healthcare insurance. Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% of the contribution covered by Alan for you and your family.
• Transport. Country-specific commuter benefits
• Learning & Training opportunities. A very flexible Training policy at Alan, free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises
• Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents.
• Check out our Medium & blog for more info: https://medium.com/alan / https://blog.alan.com/