Prize Director, XPRIZE Healthspan

XPRIZE Overview

XPRIZE is an established global leader in designing and executing large-scale competitions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. As a 501(c)3, our unique model democratizes innovation by incentivizing crowd-sourced, scientifically viable solutions to create a more equitable and abundant future for all. Since our founding in 1994, we’ve launched $519 million in prize competitions that are driving more than $31 billion in social and economic impact — a 60x return on philanthropic investment. These competitions not only de-risk early-stage breakthrough ideas but also mobilize capital, talent, and momentum to accelerate solutions from concept to real-world scale.

We operate across 5 areas of impact,including:

- Deep Tech + Exploration

- Energy + Climate + Nature

- Food + Water + Waste

- Health

- Learning + Society

Join XPRIZE to help create meaningful impact as we strive to empower humanity to achieve breakthroughs and architect a more equitable and abundant future for all.
Position Description

The XPRIZE Foundation is seeking a leader for our XPRIZE Healthspan competition. XPRIZE Healthspan is a 7-year competition that will recruit interdisciplinary teams of innovators from around the world to develop and scale integrated systems that can revolutionize health aging through the creation of innovative therapies that restore muscle, cognitive, and immune function by a minimum of 10 years and up to 20 years. The competition teams are entering Finals stage which runs from 2026-2030. Competing teams will work with XPRIZE and our established research partners to conduct randomized clinical trials in adults aged 50-90 years.

The Prize Director is responsible for overall operations and management of the Prize competition, including coordination of operations, team relations, management of major testing partners, developing partnership ecosystem and scientific expansion, marketing, contract negotiations, and budget. This person will be able to not only clearly explain the subject matter to non-technical team members, executives and clients, but importantly, is also able to represent the competition and its goals to internal and external constituencies.
Responsibilities

- Provide leadership and managerial direction to the Prize team.

- Execute Prize vision, strategies, and objectives.

- Ensure timely response to changing needs, requirements, issues, and direction, keeping all constituents informed in a timely manner.

- Oversee budget and authorization of expenditures within budgetary limits. Develop and implement cost control measures and processes.

- Partner with recruiting and Domain Lead to secure, retain, and effectively and economically manage needed personnel, materials, and resources to manage the Prize.

- Manage experts, other consultants, and advisors that support the Prize on a temporary and/or contract basis.

- Monitor and report on Prize competition to constituents, including, Domain Lead, XPRIZE leadership, advisory boards, judging panels, sponsors, donors, and major testing partners, ensuring requirements are met.

- Organize, host, and participate in large and small events - both domestic and international - during the competition, for the awarding of the Prize, and post-competition. These could include summits, investor meetings, site-visits, scientific and industry conferences, workshops, fundraising events, and award ceremonies.

- Ensure the competition is conducted in line with XPRIZE foundation rules and processes and also in accordance with specific Prize goals.

- Act as public face of the Prize through interviews, appearance at industry conferences, speaking engagements, blogging, and other public outreach activities.

- Collaborate and communicate across departments; facilitate intra-team communications and meetings.

- Oversee knowledge management systems and processes for the Prize.

- In partnership with Marketing, help with development and execution of the marketing and