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Where a research and development manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a research and development manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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 known as market research manager, research and development associate, product research development manager, research and development director, researcher, research and development supervisor.

Managers 82 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 71% covered thanatology researcher 69% covered philosopher 65% covered palaeontologist 64% covered seismologist 64% covered research and development … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from research and development manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a research and development manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A research and development manager needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage research and development projects management skills
  • assess the feasibility of implementing developments information skills
  • analyse external factors of companies information skills
  • mitigate waste of resources management skills
  • analyse internal factors of companies information skills
  • carry out strategic research information skills
  • industrial research and development engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • innovation processes business, administration and law
  • seek innovation in current practices information skills
  • market research business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a research and development manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Research and development manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a research and development manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.