Nicolae is an assistant vice president for Numidium Corp, a robotics company. His boss is Erin, who is the Executive Vice President of Risk Management. She gives strategic direction to Nicolae, who takes that strategy and delegates tasks to achieve it to $4$ different directors, who then guide their teams through executing those tasks. Nicolae is likely a:

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Team lead

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Middle manager

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Top or upper$-$level manager

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Technical manager

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Functional manager

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Front$-$line manager