Director, Events and Experiences - Hybrid (Los Angeles)

About XPRIZE

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:

• 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.

About the Role

The Director of Events will lead a strategic, holistic approach to how XPRIZE ideates and executes events and experiences. The Director oversees all production, logistic, and operational aspects of these events and experiences.

This includes a robust annual calendar of internally hosted events such as prize launches, prize awards, networking events, and fundraising dinners. In addition, the Director will collaborate with integrated marketing on XPRIZE’s participation in global conferences and summits as well as owned B2B summits (general sessions + breakouts). The portfolio of events includes a range of sizes from intimate networking events to 500-person summits both virtual.

The Director of Events is a key role within the Marketing organization and must be highly nimble, organized, efficient, and able to communicate effectively to both event staff and the XPRIZE leadership. Being able to work cross-functionally and collaboratively is key to the success of this position.

This role will manage an event manager, as well as vendors and freelancers, in line with event and Foundation business needs. The Director is charged with maintaining a strong organizational event planning process and calendar to ensure that major events do not overlap or compete with one another.

This is a critical role that helps drive both fundraising and engagement for XPRIZE and is charged with ensuring our attendees have a strong and positive brand experience.

Equal Opportunity

XPRIZE is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate in employment. Equal access to employment, services, and programs are available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the organization.

Please note: Though submitting a resume to the XPRIZE FOUNDATION implies that you are interested in a position(s), it does not imply that you are an applicant. You are not considered an applicant until you have been contacted directly by a Talent Acquisitions representative requesting that you begin the designated application process, which may involve phone and/or in-person interview(s), job-related testing, and background checks.