research and development manager
Research and development managers coordinate the efforts of scientists, academical researchers, product developers, and market researchers towards the creation of new products, the improvement of current ones or other research activities, including scientific research. They manage and plan research and development activities of an organisation, specify goals and budget requirements and manage the staff.
Also called: market research manager, researcher, research and development supervisor, research and development associate, research and development director, product research development manager
- 28
- essential skills
- 54
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 1223
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
28- analyse business plans
- analyse external factors of companies
- analyse internal factors of companies
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments
- carry out strategic research
- corporate social responsibility
- identify new business opportunities
- industrial research and development
- innovation processes
- intellectual property law
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage budgets
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- manage research and development projects
- manage staff
- market research
- marketing principles
- mitigate waste of resources
- perform market research
- perform project management
- project management
- report analysis results
- represent the organisation
- seek innovation in current practices
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
Optional skills
54- analyse consumer buying trends
- analyse economic trends
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- analyse production processes for improvement
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- assist scientific research
- collaborate with engineers
- commercial law
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research interview
- contact scientists
- cost management
- create a financial plan
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop product design
- develop product policies
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ensure finished product meet requirements
- evaluate research activities
- funding methods
- identify customer's needs
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- integrate shareholders' interests in business plans
- interview people
- interview techniques
- keep up with trends
- keep updated on innovations in various business fields
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- manage product testing
- manage research data
- marketing management
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform scientific research
- plan product management
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- provide improvement strategies
- publish academic research
- risk management
- sales strategies
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- wind energy
- write scientific publications
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