The Project Manager ensures the respect of the timing and the results foreseen by the project, the production of the expected outputs and deliverables and the achievement of the technical-scientific objectives. The Project Manager guarantees the effective use of the resources, based on the budget of the project and the reference contract documentation. He/she reports to the Direction the progress and the achievement of the objectives, as well as the use of the resources and tools. The PM can be assisted by appointed administrative manager and collaborators for the project. In case of complex projects, further people can be identified as responsible for specific parts or work packages of the same project.
- Identify the strategic lines for the proper conduction of the project;
- Define the needs of the human resources (in terms of expertise and tasks), goods and services to be used for the project and submit the project budget to the Administrative Direction periodically
- Plan the development phases of the project and its controls;
- Monitor the activities of the team and provide the technical-methodological support;
- Relate to the Reference Direction about the expertise of the resources in order to suggest some changes;
- Delegate to the collaborators and any other appointed manager the execution of specific parts of the project;
- Monitor reports and results of the project, defining needed actions for any issue during the progress of the project;
- Interact with external referents identified for specific technical-scientific aspects of the project;
- Submit to the approval of the Scientific Direction relevant project’s document (deliverables, publications, etc);
- Submit to the approval of the Reference Direction the technical-scientific reports and any other documents, eventually along with the Scientific Direction approval.