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Inservice industries, such aseducation, a program manager orprogram directorresearches, plans, develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services. For example, in education, a program director is responsible for developing and maintainingdegree-granting programs and/or other educational services.
Inprogram management, the Program Director is a senior manager responsible for the overall success of the program.[1]
A program director's role in a company that sellsprofessional services is similar to aproduct manager's role in a company that sells tangible goods.
Inradio ortelevision, a program director or director of programming is the person that decides whatradio program orTV program will be broadcast and when.
In the context ofnon-profit organizations, a program director is responsible for managing one or more of the organization's programs or services in a role similar to that of achief operating officer.
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