A Collections Manager is an individual or team of specialists who are in charge of preserving, organizing, and managing an array of physical and digital collections. The collections may be documents, artifacts, artworks, audiovisual materials, or other important items. Collections Managers are responsible for overseeing their collections, developing strategies and policies for maintaining them, and creating relevant tools for accessing and understanding these collections.

Collections Managers use knowledge of collection curation practices to provide conservation, research, interpretation, and access for the collections they manage. They identify materials to be collected as well as any restrictions to the use of them, and then make sure that these items are properly indexed, catalogued, stored, and displayed. They also develop policies for collection acquisition, processing, and description. Additionally, they coordinate with other organizations and provide public access to the collections they manage.

Collections Managers have a wide range of backgrounds, from library studies, museum studies, conservation, archival studies, and more. They must be knowledgeable, organized individuals with superior technical and management skills, and have strong research skills to effectively create guidelines and conventions for collections curation. Additionally, they should be able to work both independently and in collaboration with teams.