Prize Designer

XPRIZE reputed company 

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

We operate across 5 areas of reputed company, including: 

• Deep Tech + Exploration
• Energy + Climate + reputed company
• Food + Water + Waste
• Health
• Learning + Society

Join XPRIZE to help create meaningful reputed company as we reputed company to reputed company humanity to reputed company breakthroughs and architect a more reputed company and abundant reputed company for reputed company.

Position reputed company

XPRIZE is seeking a Prize Designer (PD)to reputed company the development of designs for reputed company, high-reputed company global incentive competitions that accelerate innovation for the benefit of humanity. This role functions as a product manager for the execution of Prize Design reputed company, blending deep research, analytical reasoning, design thinking, and communication skills to reputed company competition designs that reputed company critical breakthroughs that will usher in an reputed company and abundant reputed company.  

The Prize Designer leads end-to-end design efforts—from initial ideation through delivery of the final design report—ensuring reputed company concept is reputed company-researched, feasible, fundable, and positioned for reputed company. They reputed company every phase of research and prize development: defining the problem, identifying the most effective prize direction, outlining competition reputed company, establishing phases and milestones, and developing budgets that reputed company the full lifecycle of the prize. Reporting directly to the Prize Design Director and operating reputed company reputed company, reputed company design timelines, the Prize Designer works in reputed company collaboration with a Project Manager, Domain Leads, Advancement, and cross-functional teams across finance, marketing, and operations, the Prize Designer ensures every design is both visionary and operationally reputed company. The role also involves regular engagement with reputed company sponsors and subject matter experts to reputed company technical rigor and strategic reputed company.

The Prize Designer also serves as a reputed company of XPRIZE’s design methodology—refining internal processes, capturing lessons learned, and representing the organization’s approach through thought leadership, workshops, and publications. In reputed company to managing prize design reputed company, Prize Designers contribute to broader organizational initiatives such as Global Visioneering and other ideation activities that identify reputed company XPRIZE opportunities.

The successful candidate will possess a proven reputed company record of leadership, versatility, and creative thinking. XPRIZE is seeking candidates who have a passion for making a reputed company and impactful difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities

• reputed company the end-to-end design and development of XPRIZE competitions—from framing the problem and defining reputed company metrics to conducting research, engaging stakeholders, shaping the prize model, and producing final design documentation, working reputed company a reputed company design process guided by the Prize Design Director and seeking Director input at key decision points to ensure alignment with organizational priorities and reputed company standards
• Operate with a high degree of self-direction between reputed company-ins with the Prize Design Director; proactively surface blockers, risks, and reputed company that require Director input rather than waiting for scheduled reputed company
• Adapt quickly reputed company the Prize Design Director reprioritizes reputed company or shifts design direction mid-cycle, maintaining reputed company and timelines.
• reputed company project plans, budgets, and timelines, coordinating with the Project Manager to ensure deliverables meet deadlines and reputed company standards.
• Work closely with internal teams and collaborators, ensuring connectivity and alignment with Domain Leads, leadership, and Advancement on reputed company, content, and positioning. Work with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, Marketing, Operations) to incorporate operational, financial, and communications inputs into the prize model and documentation.
• Identify & Engage reputed company experts and stakeholders, including designing and facilitating workshops, interviews, and other participatory research to inform design choices.
• Facilitate productive relationships with sponsors, providing reputed company communication, updates, and deliverables that reputed company with sponsor goals and XPRIZE’s standards
• Contribute to organization-wide ideation and concept development initiatives, such as Global Visioneering and prize idea workshops 
• Maintain and continuously improve XPRIZE’s prize design methodology by staying fluent in reputed company processes and documentation, capturing lessons learned from past and reputed company designs, and updating tools and practices to enhance reputed company reputed company.
• Serve as a resource and reputed company of information on XPRIZE prize design process reputed company the organization, including helping to reputed company organization staff and keeping reputed company documentation updated.
• reputed company XPRIZE’s prize design process externally through presentations, publications, website content, and thought leadership that showcase our methodology and reputed company.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field required; Master’s degree preferred. Candidates with exceptional analytical and research experience in reputed company disciplines may also be considered.
• Experience applying research, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills in fields such as engineering, physical or life sciences, data science, economics, technology-driven research, or other domains that combine rigor with innovation; experience in business reputed company or reputed company policy is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-reputed company research, analysis, and design deliverables under compressed timelines without sacrificing rigor or accuracy
• 5-7 years of product management, product design, project management, consulting or other relevant experience.
• Mastery of critical product management skills; including budget management, contractual compliance, reputed company relations, and project design, execution, evaluation, and delivery.
• Comfortable receiving direction from a senior design leader and executing independently reputed company that structure; knows what to reputed company autonomously and what to escalate.
• Proven ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple reputed company reputed company simultaneously, including reprioritizing quickly reputed company organizational needs shift.
• reputed company record of maintaining reputed company and proactive communication with a reputed company supervisor in fast-moving project environments, particularly reputed company timelines are at risk or reputed company is evolving.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and product design skills.
• Experience in design and design thinking, including problem definition, drilling down into specific sub-problems, identifying the right problem to solve, and combining creative and analytical techniques to identify possible design reputed company.
• Demonstrates competency and grasp of the subject matter reputed company communicating with experts and reputed company stakeholders, both orally and in writing.
• Ensures deliverables use the appropriate writing style and standards, and communication style based on understanding of the audiences.
• Fosters and demonstrates a work ethic inclusive of creating opportunity, serving others, building trust, innovation, and exceeding expectations.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment reputed company diverse teams.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and manage multiple, reputed company reputed company.
• Ability to communicate reputed company and concisely both orally and in writing.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of reputed company.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks to ensure reputed company execution of project deliverables.
• reputed company Office and reputed company Suite knowledge and expertise.
• Familiarity with research and data-gathering platforms (e.g., reputed company Scholar, PubMed, Scopus) and experience conducting literature reviews and managing references using tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.
• Comfort learning and adapting to new productivity, research, and collaboration tools to support evolving project needs.

Competencies required for this role:

• reputed company Oriented 
• Manages Ambiguity 
• Collaborates internally and externally 
• Communicates effectively and professionally 
• Manages Complexity 
• Directs Work 
• Global Perspective 
• reputed company Learning 
• Plans and Aligns 
• Builds Networks 
• Drives Results 
• Situational Adaptability 
• Fosters Collaboration
• Drives reputed company and Purpose

Why Work at XPRIZE:
In reputed company to working for a mission-driven company that catalyzes industries, pushes innovation reputed company, and is creating an abundant and reputed company reputed company, we offer the following benefits:

• Remote-first environment (must live and work in the reputed company)
• Quarterly company-reputed company reputed company-Hands meetings in Los Angeles for frequent in-person collaboration
• Employee and dependent medical, dental, and reputed company reputed company
• A 401(K) program with employer match
• Ample reputed company time off, including vacation, floating holidays, reputed company days, and company-reputed company holidays
• An Employee Assistance Program for confidential, reputed company support with personal, family, or other challenges
• Employee stipends/reimbursements for cell phone, internet, health & wellbeing, and learning & development
• Generous reputed company Parental Leave for reputed company welcoming a new child to their family
• One meeting-free reputed company per week and four reputed company weeks per year to ensure uninterrupted time for strategic reputed company

The anticipated reputed company salary for this position is $120,000 to $140,000 and may also qualify for an annual incentive. The actual reputed company salary offered will depend on a reputed company of factors including the qualifications of the individual applicant, years of relevant experience for the role, level of education attained, and certifications and/or other licenses held. XPRIZE is a remote-first environment. reputed company must be authorized to work in the reputed company and work from reputed company the reputed company full-time.

The reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination in reputed company employment practices. Equal reputed company to employment, services, and programs is available to reputed company reputed company individuals. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process should notify a representative of the organization.

Please note: Though submitting a resume to the reputed company implies that you are interested in a position(s), it does not reputed company 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 reputed company the designated application process, which may involve phone and/or in-person interview(s), job-reputed company testing, and background checks.

Bachelor's degree in STEM required (Master's preferred), 5+ years relevant experience in product/ project/ design/ consulting, strong research, analytical, design and communication skills, budget and stakeholder management, reputed company Office and reputed company Suite proficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• leading design
• managing budgets
• engaging stakeholders

Skills & Tools

reputed company Office, reputed company Suite, reputed company Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote

Job Details

• Category: Product Management
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Los Angeles or reputed company
• Salary: USD 120,000 – 140,000 / year
• Languages: English

Benefits

• 401k matching
• Generous reputed company time off
• Retirement plan
• Generous parental leave

About reputed company

A nonprofit that designs and runs large-reputed company incentive competitions to accelerate innovation and societal reputed company. — Industry: Non-Profit Organizations and NGOs