Team Manager

As the Team Manager you are responsible for the whole project. Together with the other members of the Management Team, you determine the goals of the project, monitor the overall planning and progress and look for solutions to problems that occur. You are the face of the team and hence, you will regularly give presentations or speak to the press. In addition, you are the first contact for most big stakeholders of the project, such as the Foundation, the Committee of Recommendation, the core supervisors, the race organisation, and some of the big partners. You are responsible for keeping the stakeholders content.

Communication skills and a clear vision are therefore important for the Team Manager. Affinity with sponsoring and commercial insights is a big plus. The Team Manager takes the lead in the development of the team. You know what is going on within the team and it is important to talk to all team members. Coaching and motivating are keywords for this. You discuss problems within the team with the Management Team and together you think of solutions. If the Management Team cannot figure it out, the Team Manager ultimately makes the decision.

Does this description sound like you? Maybe you could be the next Team Manager of Solar Team Twente!

Are you curious, do you have any questions, or do you just want to know more about this position?  Send your questions to apply@solarteam.nl and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

The experience of Daniël

My name is Daniël Blik and I was the Team Manager of Team 2025. After finishing my bachelor’s in Business Information Technology, I was looking for a challenge. Hence I chose to apply for Solar Team Twente. Previously I noticed I liked to enable people to get the most out of themselves, to set collective goals and to work together to achieve them, however ambitious they might be.

As the Team Manager of Solar Team Twente you will learn a lot. Not just about yourself but about others as well, how do you lead a team when outcomes are uncertain, days are long and challenges are big? As well as how you celebrate the many achievements that happen almost weekly. You will build a big network by being the contact point for major stakeholders as well as being the face of the team. You will learn a lot and it will be a rollercoaster ride as it has been for me. But it will be one of the best and most defining rides of your live! 

You don’t have to be perfect whatsoever, the main thing that will make a great team manager is someone who is driven and willing to learn. From there the coaches and all of the former team members will help you to become a good team manager.  So if you are driven, excited and willing to learn, then do not hesitate to apply! It might just be the best thing you will do in your student time!