project lead
Initiative's head honcho
A project lead is the person responsible for directing a particular project or initiative, coordinating team members and overseeing progress toward completion.
The role typically involves both technical expertise and management duties: She's the project lead on the new software rollout.
In some organizations, project lead is a formal title; in others, it describes a function someone takes on temporarily.
- managerOne who directs others
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- directorOne who leads
- overseerOne who monitors work
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- business contactsclient, colleagues, colleague, contact, coworker
- leadership rolesboard chair, committee head, team captain, club president, chairperson
- overseersoverseer, supervisor, superintendent, monitor, foreman
- Workplace Tiescoworker, colleague, boss, supervisor, employee
- Tech LeadersCEO, startup founder, founder, co-founder, tech entrepreneur
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
project leadteam member
Individual within a group
subordinate · individual contributor · direct report · intern · worker
project leadfollower
One who supports another
contributor · executor · implementer · doer · backseat driver
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