How to hire a business analyst team lead

How to hire a business analyst team lead, step by step

Here's a step-by-step business analyst team lead hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a business analyst team lead job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new business analyst team lead
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a business analyst team lead, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a business analyst team lead to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a business analyst team lead that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of business analyst team leads.

   Type of Business Analyst Team Lead	Description	Hourly rate
   Business Analyst Team Lead	Computer systems analysts study an organization’s current computer systems and procedures and design information systems solutions to help the organization operate more efficiently and effectively. They bring business and information technology (IT) together by understanding the needs and limitations of both.	$37-65
   Lead System Analyst	A lead system analyst is someone who designs and analyzes existing systems used in a company. The person getting this position is tasked with reviewing all existing business processes, providing suggestions for improvements, and requesting upgrades... Show more	$39-65
   Business Intelligence Analyst	The primary job of business intelligence (BI) analysts is to analyze data and identify areas of improvement for an organization. These professionals are responsible for identifying trends that may help managers, executives, and other departments make better decisions to improve company processes and modernization... Show more	$28-51

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Business Analysts
   • Business Process
   • Business Analysis
   • User Acceptance
   • Data Warehouse
   • UAT
   • SME
   • BI
   • Process Improvement
   • QA
   • SQL Server
   • Test Cases
   • PL/SQL
   • Scrum

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Lead large scale ERP implementations for regional and corporate acquisitions.
   • Lead ERP implementation teams in support of mergers and acquisitions.
   • Lead daily scrum, create product backlogs and burn-down lists, advance story lines, and plan product iterations.
   • Manage multiple responsibilities concurrently to maintain benefit inventory and EDI mapping.
   • Collaborate with project manager in tracking and managing project development process base on SDLC methodologies.
   • Manage integrated functionality & technology dependencies, usability, reliability, performance and support requirements of legacy CRM and web applications.

   More business analyst team lead duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your business analyst team lead job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A business analyst team lead salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, business analyst team leads' average salary in hawaii is 43% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level business analyst team leads earn 42% less than senior-level business analyst team leads.
   • Certifications. A business analyst team lead with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a business analyst team lead's salary.

   Average business analyst team lead salary

   $104,130yearly

   $50.06 hourly rate

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   Entry-level business analyst team lead salary

   $79,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average business analyst team lead salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$136,736	$66
   2	New Jersey	$113,144	$54
   3	New York	$109,023	$52
   4	Maryland	$109,016	$52
   5	Massachusetts	$99,852	$48
   6	Georgia	$98,092	$47
   7	North Carolina	$96,811	$47
   8	Texas	$94,805	$46
   9	Alabama	$88,094	$42
   10	Oklahoma	$86,524	$42

   Average business analyst team lead salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Avid	$140,823	$67.70	1
   2	First Republic Bank	$139,083	$66.87
   3	BNP Paribas	$130,552	$62.77
   4	Bank of the West	$125,508	$60.34
   5	Tarkett North America Holding Inc	$110,235	$53.00	1
   6	Dynatrace	$109,235	$52.52	2
   7	Wolverine World Wide	$109,199	$52.50
   8	Advanced Systems Design	$107,065	$51.47
   9	eClinicalWorks	$103,359	$49.69
   10	NICE Actimize	$103,354	$49.69
   11	ObjectWin Technology	$100,500	$48.32
   12	Cnsi	$99,844	$48.00
   13	Globe Life	$95,903	$46.11	4
   14	Accenture	$94,251	$45.31	269
   15	Fiserv	$93,738	$45.07	12
   16	MetroPlus	$90,607	$43.56	2
   17	Stevens Institute of Technology	$88,783	$42.68	4

4. Writing a business analyst team lead job description

   A job description for a business analyst team lead role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a business analyst team lead job description:

   Business analyst team lead job description example

   • 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst with 2 or more years in a lead role
   • Some experience with Eligibility and Enrollment (E&E) for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) business area is required
   • Experience facilitating requirements sessions in a lead role
   • Working hands-on with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle
   • Extensive experience with system requirements and their constraints/dependencies
   • Knowledge of COTS and SAAS products requirements
   • Experience with software development methodology
   • Strong analytical, technical, and product management skills are required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
   • Skills in facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
   • Extensive experience with Change and Configuration Management
   • Ability to work independently and not rely on State or other team members for direction
   • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, of executives, managers, and subject matter experts
   • Proficiency with MS Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) and Visio
   • Fully utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) from a BA perspective, tracking: requirements, work items, bugs, deliverables, builds, and source code.
   • Track progress and review project tasks to ensure certain deadlines are met appropriately.
   • Experience using some of these methodologies: Scrum/Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid/SDLC
   • Skills to work on Business Case documentation, gather and document Business, User, Functional, and Technical requirements
   • Skills to create Use Cases, prepare GUI wireframes (Screen and Interface designs), prepare and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix
   • Ability to develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues

   Education:

   Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or another related field

   Advanced Systems Design, Inc. is:

   • A leading Information Technology provider for Federal, State & Local government agencies.
   • A certified minority-owned small business government contractor with capabilities related to Public Health IT, Criminal Justice, Transportation, and Defense.
   • A certified service-disabled veteran-owned company with a proud 42-year track record of providing successful innovative solutions for our government customers.
   • A drug-free workplace in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.
   • Applicants who have a signed offer of employment or contractor agreement are subject to:
     • the pre-employment testing protocol:
       • background investigation
       • drug screening

   Our Employees:

   • Are actively working on next-generation technology projects with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CDC, and a wide array of Federal, State, and Local agencies throughout the United States
   • Are eligible for wide-ranging benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
     • Comprehensive Health Insurance with PPO and HDHP/HSA options
     • Dental Insurance
     • Vision Insurance
     • Short/Long-Term Disability
     • Group Life Insurance - Company Paid
     • Voluntary Life Insurance
     • 401(k) Plan with Employer Match
     • Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick)
     • Holiday Pay - Company Paid Federal Holidays
     • Tuition Assistance
     • Professional Certification Incentive Plan
     • Employee Referral Plan
     • Technology Exposure

   For additional information regarding Advanced Systems Design, please check out our WEBSITE or click HERE for all current job openings.

   Advanced Systems Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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5. Post your job

   To find business analyst team leads for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any business analyst team leads they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level business analyst team leads with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your business analyst team lead job on Zippia to find and attract quality business analyst team lead candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit business analyst team leads, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   If your interviews with business analyst team lead applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new business analyst team lead

   Once you've decided on a perfect business analyst team lead candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new business analyst team lead first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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