"To spearhead the project" means to take the lead or play a key role in initiating or driving forward a particular project or initiative. Full definition
«We had to figure out how to dissociate the tissue into single cells without completely obliterating everything,» said Anastasia Gromova, the study's first author, now a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, who spearheaded the project while interning at TSRI during her undergraduate years. (sciencedaily.com)
There are plenty of brilliant, hard - driving engineering types in the electronics and photography worlds who would have seemed well suited for spearheading the project. (inc.com)
Team Leaders spearhead the project from start to finish working together remotely with a team made up of 3 students and 3 mentors (professionals) from around the globe to ensure that team delivers on the five steps that are essential to creating a solution, prototype, business plan, and final dynamic presentation. (lawwithoutwalls.org)