Head of Public Affairs - Belgium 🇧🇪

🐼 Who we are

Alan envisions a world where anyone holds the power to actively influence their physical and mental health. We strive every day for a healthier humanity, starting with healthier people and healthier businesses.

Alan simplifies access to care, and empowers everyone to be healthier, physically and mentally, thanks to preventive care, health and insurance all in one experience. From prevention to extra-fast reimbursement of health care, and overcome together, as easily as possible, health related issues. We go the extra-mile for our members, becoming a resource for them, and obsessively creating solutions to help them in their day-to-day obstacles with a caring, tailored, personalized approach. They are never alone with Alan.

We partner with 25,000 companies, with 500K members, and cumulate €350m+ and growing ARR. We operate in France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸 and Belgium 🇧🇪. The team is 580+ people, all over Europe.

🤘 How we do it ?

People joining Alan are always surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

- Members first. We put our members first, our team second, our shareholders third.

- Radical Transparency. We make all choices 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.

- Distributed Ownership. We trust our colleagues to make the right choices. We are not afraid to fail fast individually to learn collectively in the long run.

- Fearless ambition. We shoot for the moon and work backwards. We focus on solving complex problems with simple principles far from ready made ideas.

⭐️ The Head of Public Affairs job ⭐️

The Head of 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 to improve our health offering, 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 in one of Europe's most complex regulatory environments. We're looking for someone who can autonomously drive change and navigate Belgium's multilayered regulatory landscape while maintaining Alan's mission-driven approach.

The focus should be Belgium first, with natural involvement in European-level projects impacting Alan's expansion across Europe.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Impact

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

• 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

• Build and maintain relationships with Belgian federal and regional health ministers, parliamentary health committees, and key civil servants

• Engage with Belgian healthcare federations, medical associations, and digital health stakeholders

• Represent Alan's interests in Belgian healthcare policy discussions and regulatory consultations

• Create strategic partnerships with Belgian healthcare institutions and innovation hubs

Expert Leadership

• Translate complex Belgian healthcare policies into actionable business strategies for Alan

• Prepare Alan leadership for engagement with Belgian media, politicians, and regulatory bodies

• Connect Alan's healthcare initiatives to Belgium's broader social security and economic policies

• Support internal teams in understanding Belgian regulatory requirements and compliance obligations

• Identify opportunities for Alan to influence Belgian healthcare policy in our favor

⭐ 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 (7 to 10 years), with focus on quality rather than quantity

• Background in one or more of the following:

• Minister’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 and / or Dutch

• 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.

- Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ in Paris, sponsored co-working hubs in Ghent Brussels or Antwerp 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.

- Transport. You can use your own inspiration based on the Green mobility budget (for Senior level Alaners)

- 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.

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 for more info.