Description
Identifies research and development areas that should be investigated. Responsible for attaining laboratory or department research, marketing, fiscal and staffing goals to conform to organization goals. Establishes operating procedures, practices and guidelines and communicates them with laboratory or department personnel. Establishes, monitors and controls schedules and project budgets. Plans, organizes and manages work of research and support staff. Responsible for negotiation or research contracts. Plans and manages business development and marketing activities for laboratory or department. Develops solutions to complex research problems. Typically requires a Ph.D. and ten to fifteen years of progressively responsible experience. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.