8.0 KiB
8.0 KiB
Competences — research and development manager
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/73ceb2f9-18e3-4cfe-9c06-e9fb31ece440).
Essential
- analyse business plans (skill/competence)
- analyse external factors of companies (skill/competence)
- analyse internal factors of companies (skill/competence)
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments (skill/competence)
- carry out strategic research (skill/competence)
- corporate social responsibility (knowledge)
- identify new business opportunities (skill/competence)
- industrial research and development (knowledge)
- innovation processes (knowledge)
- intellectual property law (knowledge)
- interact professionally in research and professional environments (skill/competence)
- manage budgets (skill/competence)
- manage intellectual property rights (skill/competence)
- manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
- manage research and development projects (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- market research (knowledge)
- marketing principles (knowledge)
- mitigate waste of resources (skill/competence)
- perform market research (skill/competence)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- project management (knowledge)
- report analysis results (skill/competence)
- represent the organisation (skill/competence)
- seek innovation in current practices (skill/competence)
- speak different languages (skill/competence)
- synthesise information (skill/competence)
- think abstractly (skill/competence)
Optional
- analyse consumer buying trends (skill/competence)
- analyse economic trends (skill/competence)
- analyse financial risk (skill/competence)
- analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
- analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply for research funding (skill/competence)
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities (skill/competence)
- apply scientific methods (skill/competence)
- assist scientific research (skill/competence)
- collaborate with engineers (skill/competence)
- commercial law (knowledge)
- communicate with a non-scientific audience (skill/competence)
- conduct research across disciplines (skill/competence)
- conduct research interview (skill/competence)
- contact scientists (skill/competence)
- cost management (knowledge)
- create a financial plan (skill/competence)
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise (skill/competence)
- develop product design (skill/competence)
- develop product policies (skill/competence)
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists (skill/competence)
- disseminate results to the scientific community (skill/competence)
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation (skill/competence)
- ensure finished product meet requirements (skill/competence)
- evaluate research activities (skill/competence)
- funding methods (knowledge)
- identify customer's needs (skill/competence)
- increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
- integrate gender dimension in research (skill/competence)
- integrate shareholders' interests in business plans (skill/competence)
- interview people (skill/competence)
- interview techniques (knowledge)
- keep up with trends (skill/competence)
- keep updated on innovations in various business fields (skill/competence)
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data (skill/competence)
- manage open publications (skill/competence)
- manage product testing (skill/competence)
- manage research data (skill/competence)
- marketing management (knowledge)
- mentor individuals (skill/competence)
- operate open source software (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- plan product management (skill/competence)
- promote open innovation in research (skill/competence)
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities (skill/competence)
- promote the transfer of knowledge (skill/competence)
- provide improvement strategies (skill/competence)
- publish academic research (skill/competence)
- risk management (knowledge)
- sales strategies (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- wind energy (knowledge)
- write scientific publications (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- data analysis — 50 %
- market research — 25 %
- product development — 25 %
- project management — 12 %
- prototype scale-up — 12 %
- market monitoring — 12 %
- process optimization — 12 %
- quality assurance — 12 %
- regulatory compliance — 12 %
- research — 12 %
- research and development — 12 %
- market trend analysis — 12 %
- ingredient functionality analysis — 12 %
- network architecture — 12 %
- network engineering — 12 %
- optical systems — 12 %
- consumer behavior analysis — 12 %
- consumer segmentation — 12 %
- ai infrastructure — 12 %
- automation — 12 %
- bom maintenance — 12 %
- client relationship management — 12 %
- competitive intelligence — 12 %
- formulation — 12 %
- garment costing — 12 %
- financial target management — 12 %
- food product development — 12 %
- healthcare strategy — 12 %
- ip networking — 12 %
- research project management — 12 %
- security — 12 %
- sensory evaluation — 12 %
- shelf-life studies — 12 %
- scientific analysis — 12 %
- strategic consulting — 12 %
- survey design — 12 %
- technology strategy — 12 %
Methods
- USDA regulations — 12 %
- validation — 12 %
- structured experiments — 12 %
- secondary research — 12 %
- stop/continue decision-making — 12 %
- GMP — 12 %
- HACCP — 12 %
- experimentation — 12 %
- FDA regulations — 12 %
- quantitative research — 12 %
- qualitative research — 12 %
- market assessment — 12 %
- primary research — 12 %
Responsibilities
- primary research execution — 12 %
- problem solving — 12 %
- product development — 12 %
- product performance analysis — 12 %
- research process management — 12 %
- renovation support — 12 %
- partner across functions — 12 %
- ingredient sourcing — 12 %
- innovation support — 12 %
- insight delivery — 12 %
- insight translation — 12 %
- market trend analysis — 12 %
- market trend monitoring — 12 %
- data manipulation — 12 %
- deadline monitoring — 12 %
- define rd charter — 12 %
- documentation maintenance — 12 %
- drive stop/continue decisions — 12 %
- establish reporting mechanisms — 12 %
- competitor activity analysis — 12 %
- communication with asia-based teams — 12 %
- brand health monitoring — 12 %
- build rd team — 12 %
- client communication — 12 %
- client relationship development — 12 %
- influence enterprise strategy — 12 %
- formula optimization — 12 %
- issue resolution — 12 %
- large data set handling — 12 %
- lead network r&d — 12 %
- liability management — 12 %
- manage rd portfolio — 12 %
- manufacturing process implementation — 12 %
- margin improvement — 12 %
- market analysis — 12 %
- rd activities support — 12 %
- secondary research execution — 12 %
- successful launch driving — 12 %
- supplier coordination — 12 %
- strategy execution — 12 %
- research project management — 12 %
- research summary development — 12 %
- translate technology trends — 12 %
- survey design — 12 %
- technical support — 12 %