People ops

🐼 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 ?

About

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 company's 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 People Ops role

Are you excited about building and scaling efficient HR operations in a fast-growing company? Join our vibrant People team at Alan as People Ops!

In this role, you'll be at the heart of HR operations, working on two key areas:

• Personnel administration and payroll: you'll handle day-to-day requests from Alaners, assist with payroll production, and help streamline our processes. Imagine being the go-to person for managing and scaling processes related to sick leave, out-of-office requests, and ensuring our Alaners get paid accurately and on time!
• People growth (learning and development): you'll be involved in scheduling training events for our coaches and leads, monitoring the success of these programs, and helping improve our training content. Your work will directly impact how we grow and develop our team.
  
  

You'll work closely with two amazing mentors from our team, who will guide you through the intricacies of People Operations and help you grow in your role.

We're looking for someone passionate about operations, and who gets excited about finding ways to make processes more efficient. If you're excited about automating processes and making things more efficient, you'll love the challenges we have in store!

One of the major areas of development for the role, after 6 months of successful onboarding, is the management of individual situations, which requires tact, empathy and a good knowledge of the employment law framework. People ops staff joining our team will be gradually guided and trained in this area.

Is it what you are looking for?

You may be a great fit for this role if you have:

• 0-3 years of professional experience (recent graduates are welcome!)
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple operational workflows
• Natural inclination toward process improvement and documentation
• Experience with or enthusiasm for automation tools and systems
• An eye for detail and a passion for accuracy
• The ability to work independently and make well-informed decisions
• A curiosity for learning new skills and processes quickly
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Dutch, French or Spanish is a plus.
• Prior experience in HR, even as an intern or in a work-study program.
  
  

As a Plus

• Experience in a startup or a scale-up environment.
  
  

🙌 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

• 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.
• 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.
  
  

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.

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