How to hire a business intelligence manager

How to hire a business intelligence manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step business intelligence manager 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 intelligence manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new business intelligence manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the business intelligence manager you need to hire. Certain business intelligence manager roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

   Yes

   No

   A business intelligence manager's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, business intelligence managers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   The following list breaks down different types of business intelligence managers and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Business Intelligence Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Business Intelligence Manager		$41-70
   Analytical Data Miner	An analytical data miner specializes in providing analytical services to help organizations make decisions and optimize their daily operations. They may work in the medical, manufacturing, information technology, construction, and finance industries... Show more	$28-56
   Business Owner/Engineer	Business owners/engineers are executive professionals who work with business users to help develop business requirements. These professionals must create an approach for new financial data warehouse product development so that they can reduce complexity and mitigate implementation risk... Show more	$35-66

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Tableau
   • Dashboards
   • Visualization
   • Power Bi
   • Data Analytics
   • Project Management
   • Data Analysis
   • Data Management
   • Business Intelligence Solutions
   • ETL
   • Data Warehouse
   • SQL Server
   • KPIs
   • Business Decisions

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Lead the Americas business plan and execution with Nutanix, Unidesk, and HPE.
   • Manage various Java SDK jobs schedule in ASG Zena application for daily / weekly execution.
   • Manage national and international CRM resource budgets and negotiate annual contracts value on the order of $100k.
   • Manage project to design and implement intranet site in SharePoint resulting in a more efficient site for use by all employees.
   • Implement complex reports in QlikView.
   • Support SOX audit of financial system.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the business intelligence manager job description is a good way to get more applicants. A business intelligence manager salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a business intelligence manager in Indiana may be lower than in California, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level business intelligence manager. Additionally, a business intelligence manager with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average business intelligence manager salary

   $112,363yearly

   $54.02 hourly rate

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   Entry-level business intelligence manager salary

   $86,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 23, 2025

   Average business intelligence manager salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$149,459	$72
   2	Washington	$132,993	$64
   3	Nevada	$121,096	$58
   4	New York	$111,215	$53
   5	Oregon	$110,119	$53
   6	Connecticut	$109,648	$53
   7	Arizona	$109,024	$52
   8	Utah	$107,825	$52
   9	New Jersey	$107,682	$52
   10	Texas	$106,397	$51
   11	Massachusetts	$104,336	$50
   12	Illinois	$102,814	$49
   13	Maryland	$102,112	$49
   14	Virginia	$101,585	$49
   15	Pennsylvania	$100,840	$48
   16	Ohio	$100,638	$48
   17	Georgia	$98,505	$47
   18	North Carolina	$97,736	$47
   19	Nebraska	$97,247	$47
   20	Minnesota	$95,347	$46

   Average business intelligence manager salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Meta	$175,058	$84.16	51
   2	Google	$165,221	$79.43	60
   3	Kirkland & Ellis	$158,877	$76.38	3
   4	Twitter	$157,105	$75.53
   5	Chegg	$156,985	$75.47
   6	Apple	$154,484	$74.27	20
   7	Dropbox	$153,095	$73.60	3
   8	Rubicon Global	$152,302	$73.22
   9	Pacific Investment Management Company LLC	$149,729	$71.99	1
   10	DoorDash	$148,561	$71.42	11
   11	Match Group	$147,810	$71.06	2
   12	Microsoft	$146,433	$70.40	12
   13	Revlon	$144,675	$69.56
   14	F5	$143,382	$68.93
   15	Amazon	$143,122	$68.81	77
   16	Mayo Clinic	$142,068	$68.30
   17	Tradesy	$141,994	$68.27
   18	LinkedIn	$141,805	$68.18	6
   19	GameStop	$141,245	$67.91
   20	Zendesk	$141,119	$67.85

4. Writing a business intelligence manager job description

   A business intelligence manager job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a business intelligence manager job description:

   Business intelligence manager job description example

   What you'll be doing...
   
   Define and drive the analytics strategy and modeling approaches. Develop analytics and business intelligence modules on top of the data warehouse. Build predictive models, customer segmentation and hyper-targeted segments. Partner with various stakeholders including Sales, service and finance teams to understand the business challenges, gather requirements and plan the next course of action. Design creative approaches to uncover the biggest opportunities for cost and time savings. Responsible for analysis efforts around complex data sets to determine key drivers related to customer churn, revenue and/or upsell opportunities. Work towards getting the models into production and make it available for usage in data-warehouse. Maintain, refresh, enhance and tweak the models per each business requirement. Build business cases and translate findings into practical business implications. Drive the adoption of analytics in decision making. Help framing the right offers/strategy for the right customers at the right time.
   
   What we're looking for...
   
   Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Marketing, Data Science, Business analytics, Electronic Engineering, Technology, or related field and 4 years of experience with Propensity Model development and Machine Learning and using SQL, and Teradata or Oracle. In lieu of a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience, employer will accept a master's degree in the above fields and 1 year of experience in the above skill sets. Experience therein to include 1 year with Python or R, UNIX, Tableau, Hadoop, and Hive, Data Rebot or H20.
   
   Must Reference: Job# YKBOST
   
   Equal Employment Opportunity
   
   We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find business intelligence managers for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your business intelligence manager job on Zippia to find and recruit business intelligence manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with business intelligence manager candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   While interviews are great, you will only sometimes learn enough from a conversation with a business intelligence manager applicant. In those cases, having candidates complete a test project can go a long way in figuring out who's the most likely to succeed in the role. If you aren't a technical person and 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 intelligence manager

   Once you have selected a candidate for the business intelligence manager position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new business intelligence manager. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

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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