Occupation Atlasresearch manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c02ee787-c30b-4f0d-9d7f-6eb36fc44a5d
research manager
Research managers oversee the research and development functions of a research facility or program or university. They support the executive staff, coordinate work activities, and monitor staff and research projects. They may work in a wide array of sectors, such as the chemical, technical and life sciences sector. Research managers can also advise on research and execute research themselves.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
IECInvestigative · Enterprising · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.87
- E Enterprising5.60
- C Conventional4.22
- S Social3.09
- R Realistic2.74
- A Artistic2.44
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Natural Sciences Managers (11-9121.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- cope with challenging demands
- discuss research proposals
- estimate duration of work
- manage budgets
- manage research and development projects
- manage staff
- multidisciplinary research
- perform scientific research
- project management
- provide project information on exhibitions
- report analysis results
- research design
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
- scientific research methodology
- study a collection
- study topics
- work independently on exhibitions
Optional (17)
- biology
- chemistry
- computational chemistry
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- direct an artistic team
- evaluate employees
- image recognition
- interact with an audience
- laboratory techniques
- liaise with cultural partners
- perform project management
- physics
- present exhibition
- project management principles
- urban sustainability
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 17 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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