The projects they supervise are in the natural sciences. This covers agriculture, chemistry, biology, geology, meteorology, and physics. Science managers direct and coordinate the work that is done in the lab. They meet with the researchers to find out what progress has been made. In addition, managers monitor the quality of what the researchers have produced.
Managers also prepare reports about the projects.
Science Managers is a specialty of the CIS occupation Science and Technology Managers . For information, see that occupation. Science Managers is in the Engineering, Science, and Technologies Career Cluster.