Research And Development Manager

You'll need:

• excellent verbal communication skills
• thinking and reasoning skills
• the ability to read English
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• maths knowledge
• analytical thinking skills
• the ability to use your initiative
• active listening skills
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Your day-to-day duties may include: 

• recruiting staff
• assessing staff performance
• coordinating the team’s work
• analysing data and presenting results
• making sure work meets safety standards and other relevant legislation
• managing budgets
• reporting to senior managers

You could work at a university, in a laboratory or in a factory.

Professional and industry bodies

You'll usually be a member of a professional body relevant to your particular line of work.

Further information

You can get an overview of research and development across different industries from UK Research and Innovation.