Example R&D Job Titles and Level Descriptions

For a technical ladder comprising seven rungs, the role characteristics taken from a chemical industry example, are described below. As a person moves up the rungs, the amount of experience typically available increases as does the typical length of the projects or tasks assigned to that individual. Likewise a person’s project skill level [...]

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Senior R&D Technical Job Titles

The Most Senior Technical Ladder Job Title Typically the titles used on the technical latter are distinct for each rung, as was the salary grade. The title for each salary grade is distinct so that a clear progression path is visible to the employee. Salary grades are established by HR consulting research such [...]

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Dual Technology and Management Ladders

Number of Technical Ladder Rungs Many technical organizations have found it an advantage to create dual promotional ladders. This allows increasing competence and expertise the technical areas to be recognized. Recognition takes the form of salary, bonuses, stock options and other means of recognition. In 2017 the Industrial Research Institute conducted a survey [...]

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