Reinsurance Manager Team Lead - Remote

🌍 Who We Are

Wakam is a B2B2C digital insurer that creates embedded and white-label insurance solutions for over 80 partners across Europe. Powered by our proprietary Play&Plug® technology platform, we offer API-based products and host end-to-end insurance solutions entirely in the cloud.

Operating in 32 countries and generating more than €900M in revenue in 2023, Wakam is a European leader in digital and embedded insurance — with a business model driven by transparency, tech, and impact.

We are also a mission-driven company, committed to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance” across all of our partnerships.

✨About the Team

At Wakam, reinsurance is at the heart of our business model. The Reinsurance team plays a vital role in protecting our balance sheet, securing strategic partnerships, and enabling sustainable growth. By managing and optimising our reinsurance strategies, the team ensures resilience against large-scale risks and contributes to the long-term financial stability of the company.

💼 Your Mission

As Reinsurance Lead Manager, you’ll join a dynamic team at the center of Wakam’s growth strategy. Reporting to the Head of Reinsurance, you will be responsible for managing key reinsurance relationships, leading treaty negotiations, and developing efficient, forward-looking risk transfer structures.

You’ll act as a strategic partner to both internal stakeholders and external reinsurers, helping to enhance our protection framework and align reinsurance solutions with Wakam’s evolving product portfolio.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with reinsurance partners and identify new partnership opportunities

• Lead the renewal process: prepare files, run actuarial analysis, and participate in negotiations

• Design and optimise reinsurance program structures in line with Wakam’s business needs

• Draft and revise treaty clauses, participate in treaty writing, and ensure adequate protection with no gaps

• Ensure proper back-office management of treaties in close coordination with the Accounting team

• Monitor treaty performance and provide regular reporting to reinsurers

• Maintain the reinsurance policy and ensure alignment with the company’s risk appetite and compliance requirements

• Identify areas for process improvement and support the digital transformation of reinsurance workflows

• Promote internal understanding of reinsurance mechanisms through communication and awareness initiatives

🧠  Your Profile

• Degree in Actuarial Science, Insurance, Risk, or Management

• 7–12 years’ experience in a similar reinsurance or insurance leadership role

• Strong knowledge of P&C insurance economics, pricing, and Solvency II

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments

• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across departments

• Proven ability to navigate complex negotiations and influence internal and external stakeholders

✨ Working Mindset

• Proactive and autonomous, with a strong sense of ownership

• Structured and detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple priorities

• Open-minded, collaborative, and adaptable to change

• Comfortable working across teams and geographies

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English; French is a plus

🌟 Why Join Wakam?

• Work at the core of Wakam’s risk and growth strategy

• Join a tech-enabled, purpose-driven insurer operating across 30+ countries

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders and reinsurers globally

• Contribute to building innovative reinsurance structures in a digital-first environment

• Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities for personal growth

🧭 Hiring Process

1. Interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner

2. Manager interview with the Head of Reinsurance 

3. Final interview with a HR Business Partner 

📩 Apply now to help us strengthen Wakam’s reinsurance strategy and build the future of digital insurance.

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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.