Bid Manager

YOU. BETTER. WITH ALAN. Alan is building a vertically integrated health partner that unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one seamless system. Our vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission: Help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment. By connecting all aspects of care (private, public, and direct to consumer) we create the most member-centric healthcare experience, reducing claims costs while generating new monetization opportunities. We partner with tens of thousands of companies across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦, serving over a million members. HOW WE WORK: OUR LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES - Mission is the Boss — We think long-term and are methodical optimists who take risks, seeking our mission's success above all else. - Distributed Ownership — Accountable enlightened despots: everyone owns their decisions and results. - Radical Transparency — All information is accessible and written-first, so everyone can make the best decisions asynchronously. - Always Growing — Direct, positive, and caring feedback, combined with self-growth ownership. ⭐ YOUR MISSION We're looking for a Bid Manager to lead RFP responses for Enterprise accounts (3000+ FTEs). RFP MANAGEMENT & WIN - Organize, coordinate and oversee end-to-end response processes (mémoire technique, administrative docs, compliance, customized material, soutenance material, account based marketing document) working closely with sales, product, ops, and pricing teams. - Produce high-quality, persuasive, and technically accurate proposals - Coordinate cross-functional inputs (Sales, Product, Legal, operations, care, insurance) to ensure technical coherence of our offer. - Operate within structured bid governance (Go/No-Go, quality gates) - Own the end-to-end RFP calendar, including reverse planning from submission deadline. Run kick-off meetings, assign and track all contributor deadlines, send structured reminders, and escalate blockers proactively to ensure zero missed submissions. Manage concurrent RFP timelines without quality trade-offs. - Support sales teams in engaging key stakeholders and preparing negotiation rounds. - Contribute to identifying the Client's selection criteria and "hot buttons", and to defining the answer strategy along with Sales team BUILD & SCALE - RFP Library: Build and maintain a knowledge library with public sector tender managers to standardize responses and increase win rates. - Framework automation: Implement AI tools and processes to improve response quality, efficiency, and delivery handover - Collaboration: Collaborate with other tenders managers from the area to share best practices and adapt proven methodologies from their scaled tender operations. - Market intelligence: Provide competitive intelligence on how competitors respond to similar tenders. ⭐ YOUR PROFILE MUST HAVE: - 4+ years experience in project management, consulting or tender/bid management - Experienced in complex multi-stakeholders and multi-contributors Enterprise RFP’s (ideally with CAC40, or SBF120) - Excellent written communication - Outstanding project management: planning, stakeholder management, monitoring - Strong product / technical appetite: ability to quickly master Alan's product and translate it into compelling RFP narratives - Problem solving: ability to break down complex RFP requirements and orchestrate cross-functional collaboration to deliver - Collaborative mindset across crews and expertises - Adaptability: Comfortable with ambiguity & thrives under pressure in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; embraces a “no-task-is-too-small” mentality. - Meticulous attention to detail - Adaptability and resilience in complex sales cycles - Master technics and tools : AI LLM, Salesforce, Notion, Knowledge bases, RFP management software (Responsive, Loopio…) - Full working proficiency in French (spoken and written) - Advanced level in English - Living in (or willing to relocate to) Paris NICE TO HAVE: - Prior experience responding to private or public sector RFPs for insurance, benefits, or SaaS/B2B products - Prior experience in marketing, with the ability to craft a compelling message supported by strong design and visual communication skills 🙌 PERKS & BENEFITS https://alan.com/about/life-at-alan/a/perks 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, for permanent contracts only. - Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our Paris HQ, with a hybrid setup - All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling…