Who are we?

Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 80 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".

✎ Mission

You will join the Wakam Underwriting leadership team to help us profitably grow our business across Europe. You will report to the Group CUO.

Key responsibilities include:

• You will lead the underwriting strategy and operations across all product lines, ensuring alignment with Wakam Group's strategic and financial goals for profitability and efficiency.
• Developing and managing portfolio management standards, monitoring technical performance, and guiding pricing and underwriting actions for each line of business alongside Business Heads and pricing actuaries.
• Being accountable for the financial underwriting results of our European operations.
• Providing leadership, support and guidance on the management of all aspects of underwriting and related activities
• Responsible for the underwriting decisions in respect of material insurance risks
• Ensuring all activities comply with regulatory standards and maintaining robust governance.
• Leading the creation and refinement of underwriting policies.
• Overseeing European Underwriting Committees and other necessary committees.

✯ Profile

• Experienced leader with around 10 years of relevant experience in leading Underwriting, Pricing, or a line of business function in European or UK markets.
• Experience overseeing a range of insurance product lines, especially in Motor, Home, and SME sectors.
• Advanced skills in portfolio management.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and influencing skills, adept at building trusted relationships with leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong people management abilities, with a proven track record of developing and sustaining high-performing teams.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adaptable to change. Takes calculated risks and anticipates potential issues
• A passion for continuous innovation.
• Fluency in both French and English is mandatory.

✯ Hiring Process

• 1st Interview with our Talent Acquisition Expert.
• 2nd Interview with our VP Underwriting Officer.
• 3rd Interview with our Chief Underwriting Officer Motor and Mobility and Deputy CEO.
• 4th Interview with our Group CEO.
• 5th Interview with our VP People & Communication.

=> Welcome @Wakam 🙌

Recruitment Agencies:

Wakam has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Wakam does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.
Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact our managers directly.

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.