Role & Relation with the team

The technical manager plays a crucial role in maintaining the team balance. It is not expected from him/her to know everythingeverything, but to be motivated to learn and lead the technical development from a logistical and communication perspective. If the team also has a system engineer, the Technicaltechnical Managermanager (TM) will closely collaborate with the system engineer to ensure that there is a proper overview of the project.

The TM interacts with the technical team regularly. The TM is responsible for organising TTMs (Technical Team Meetings), a regular meeting (up to the team to choose how often this meeting takes place; it is an adviced to have one at least once a week) that includes all team leads and the TM. During TTMs, the team leads should give an update on the progress and challenges the colleagues they represent have been working on. Other team leads should be encouraged to listen and propose new ideas/solutions to troubleshoot challenges. The discussion might not always include the TM. However, the TM is expected to listen and chair the meetings. Additionally, he/she can intervene in case an issue requires external contact or if their are matters that require more discussion/better communication within the team.