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name: research-and-development-manager
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'research and development manager' (also: market research manager, research and development associate, product research development manager, research and development director, researcher, research and development supervisor). Use when the user asks for typical research and development manager work such as: Confer with scientists, engineers, regulators, or others to plan or review projects or to provide technical assistance.; Develop client relationships and communicate with clients to explain proposals, present research findings, establish specifications, or discuss project status.; Plan or direct research, development, or production activities."
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# Research And Development Manager
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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.
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## Core workflow
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1. Confer with scientists, engineers, regulators, or others to plan or review projects or to provide technical assistance.
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2. Develop client relationships and communicate with clients to explain proposals, present research findings, establish specifications, or discuss project status.
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3. Plan or direct research, development, or production activities.
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4. Prepare project proposals.
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5. Design or coordinate successive phases of problem analysis, solution proposals, or testing.
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6. Review project activities and prepare and review research, testing, or operational reports.
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7. Hire, supervise, or evaluate engineers, technicians, researchers, or other staff.
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8. Determine scientific or technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management and make detailed plans to accomplish these goals.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- analyse business plans
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- analyse external factors of companies
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- analyse internal factors of companies
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- assess the feasibility of implementing developments
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- carry out strategic research
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- corporate social responsibility
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- identify new business opportunities
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- industrial research and development
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- innovation processes
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- intellectual property law
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- interact professionally in research and professional environments
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- manage budgets
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- manage intellectual property rights
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- manage personal professional development
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- manage research and development projects
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## Hot technologies
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- IBM SPSS Statistics
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- SAS
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- The MathWorks MATLAB
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- Oracle Database
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- Microsoft Access
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- Structured query language SQL
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- Microsoft SharePoint
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- SAP software
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/73ceb2f9-18e3-4cfe-9c06-e9fb31ece440), O*NET 30.3 (11-9121.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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