acting manager
Stand-in supervisor role
An acting manager is someone temporarily filling a managerial role, usually while the permanent manager is absent or until a replacement is hired.
The word *acting* signals the position is provisional rather than official: She served as acting manager for three months while they conducted the search.
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- pro temTemporarily in place
- temporaryLimited in duration
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
stepping in · substitute · fill-in · holding the fort · caretaker · placeholder · supervisor · boss · in charge · taking over · oversee · delegate · promotion · transition · leadership · authority · responsibility · desk
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, interim