XPRIZE Foundation
The Prize Director leads the XPRIZE Healthspan competition, overseeing all operational aspects, partnerships, budgeting, and public outreach for a 7‑year initiative aimed at extending healthy aging. This role coordinates interdisciplinary teams, manages testing partners, and represents the competition to internal and external stakeholders.
Headquarters
Culver City, California, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
1995
XPRIZE Foundation is a nonprofit that designs and runs large-scale incentive competitions to accelerate radical technological breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. It convenes teams, funders, researchers, and partners worldwide—engaging a future-positive movement of over one million people—to tackle challenges like carbon removal, wildfire detection, water scarcity, healthspan, and space exploration. By offering prize purses, technical roadmaps, and public–private partnerships, XPRIZE de‑risks innovation, speeds commercialization, and mobilizes resources and attention toward scalable, measurable solutions. Its proven platform is used by philanthropists, corporations, and governments to catalyze impact at global scale.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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