Team supervisor

Summary

The team supervisor is the one official responsible for the team. They manage the HR, finance, and organizational aspects. They are ultimately responsible for making sure that every other part of the team works well.

Main challenges/pitfalls

• It’s a different job that any of the other jobs.

• Aalto provides some training, but you still need to learn most things as you go.

Expectations / checklists

• Ensure the team mentoring and onboarding system is working well, and all team members are happy and have what they need.

• Maintain contact with HR and Finance

• Decide about matters for project funding.

• Be aware of the team enough to know if there are problems, and deal with them.

• Intervene in projects for which the customer is not satisfied.

• Coordinate hiring.

External materials

• The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (book, available online from the Aalto library).

Training program: materials and exercises

Mostly mentored and learned on-the-job.