Who are we?

Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.

With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.

Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".

In a context of double-digit growth, delivering the expected promise to our partners requires constantly adapting the way we operate.

Wakam is launching an ambitious transformation program and is seeking a Transformation Manager for a permanent position to build the operational model of tomorrow.

✎ Mission & Responsibilities

Within the Transformation & Performance Squad reporting to the Top Management, you will be the lead on strategic projects and will lead the transformation to take Wakam even further in the pursuit of performance and operational efficiency.

You will be responsible for driving major transformation projects, ensuring the proper execution of the transformation plan, and facilitating the associated governance on :

• Improvement of operational efficiency (diagnosis, proposal of scenarios, implementation, and impact analysis)
• Management of transformation projects in support of business units (processes, operational model...)
• Contribution to the strategic initiatives of the transformation plan (investments, deliverables, timeline, ROI/impact measurement)

✯ Profile requirements

• Master’s degree in Strategy, Finance, Business or Engineering School
• Minimum of 5 years of experience, particularly in project management in the insurance sector
• Proficiency in French and English is essential (spoken and written)

Expected qualities:

• Positive energy, responsiveness, adaptability, and team spirit are essential qualities to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!
• Ability to project a strategic vision and to translate it into operational terms
• Enjoyment of teamwork and project mode
• Analytical skills and attention to detail
• Curiosity and interest in deepening operational issues pragmatically
• Result-oriented and problem-solving mindset
• Empathy as a means of understanding operational issues

Recruitment process

1. Intro interview with the Lead recruiter
2. Technical discussion with the direct manager
3. Discussion with the VP Risk, Transformation & Compliance
4. Cultural fit with our Head of Talent

=> Welcome @Wakam 🙌

Positive energy, agility, and team spirit are essential to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!

You have the Wakam mindset? Join us!

More about us

Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!

Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!

Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:

1. Think big
2. Biased for action
3. Curious and eager to learn
4. Can say no and find solutions
5. Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
6. And above all: have fun working together 🤜🤛 !

• Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
• With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
• Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
• Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program.
• Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you'll find out by yourself 😉)

At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.