How to hire a director of business solutions

How to hire a director of business solutions, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director of business solutions hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your director of business solutions job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a director of business solutions for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   A director of business solutions's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, directors of business solutions 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 directors of business solutions and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Director Of Business Solutions	Description	Hourly rate
   Director Of Business Solutions	Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.	$50-90
   Planning Director	Planning Directors are members of the executive team or the top management of a company. They oversee the company's plans and the strategies involved in reaching company goals... Show more	$43-92
   Product Director	The duties of a product director depend on one's place or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities revolve around overseeing the product development operations to ensure smooth flow and efficiency, devise strategies to improve processes, gather relevant data such as sales and customer feedback, and coordinate with different departments in developing new products and services... Show more	$50-101

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Portfolio
   • Project Management
   • Cloud
   • Business Solutions
   • Client Facing
   • BI
   • Visualization
   • Technology Solutions
   • Product Management
   • Lifecycle Management
   • CRM
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Business Process
   • Sales Process

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead small core team to identify company s strategy for entering the cloud computing market.
   • Lead annual business project portfolio process to define and implement project concepts that align with corporate strategies.
   • Program manage the implementation and negotiate the contract of SaaS base risk management system saving $80k per year.
   • Enhance architecture environments and lead ERP implementations.
   • Lead the overall capability assessment, business case, solution alternative analysis, product architecture, design and implementation.
   • Define, adjust and negotiate scope across the project portfolio for value and return.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director of business solutions job description helps attract top candidates to the position. A director of business solutions salary can be affected by several factors, such as geography, experience, seniority, certifications, and the prestige of the hiring company.

   For example, the average salary for a director of business solutions in Wisconsin may be lower than in Rhode Island, and an entry-level director of business solutions usually earns less than a senior-level director of business solutions. Additionally, a director of business solutions with certifications may command a higher salary, and working for a well-known company or start-up may also impact an employee's pay.

   Average director of business solutions salary

   $141,389yearly

   $67.98 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director of business solutions salary

   $106,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 23, 2025

   Average director of business solutions salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Washington	$155,546	$75
   2	New York	$151,243	$73
   3	New Jersey	$150,439	$72
   4	California	$149,426	$72
   5	Massachusetts	$148,827	$72
   6	Maryland	$144,542	$69
   7	North Carolina	$137,403	$66
   8	Minnesota	$136,204	$65
   9	Delaware	$134,947	$65
   10	Texas	$129,809	$62
   11	Virginia	$129,700	$62
   12	Pennsylvania	$129,505	$62
   13	Iowa	$126,614	$61
   14	Illinois	$126,143	$61
   15	Georgia	$123,563	$59
   16	Colorado	$123,035	$59
   17	Ohio	$113,954	$55
   18	Florida	$111,004	$53

   Average director of business solutions salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Boston Consulting Group	$180,777	$86.91	7
   2	AstraZeneca	$159,301	$76.59	25
   3	Amazon	$158,525	$76.21	270
   4	FTI Consulting	$158,519	$76.21	34
   5	Horizon Media	$158,187	$76.05	20
   6	BECU	$157,822	$75.88	8
   7	Calpine	$151,923	$73.04
   8	Condé Nast	$149,987	$72.11	7
   9	Battelle	$147,464	$70.90	4
   10	Microsoft	$147,158	$70.75	171
   11	NOV	$147,051	$70.70	3
   12	Veolia Water Tech	$146,860	$70.61	3
   13	Verifone	$145,440	$69.92	3
   14	UiPath	$144,928	$69.68	7
   15	Elbit Systems of America	$142,591	$68.55
   16	Ecolab	$142,339	$68.43	6
   17	Movado Group	$142,238	$68.38
   18	EPAM Systems	$141,905	$68.22	63
   19	DIRECTV Puerto Rico	$141,399	$67.98
   20	JoulestoWatts - J2W	$140,983	$67.78

4. Writing a director of business solutions job description

   A director of business solutions 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. To help get you started, here's an example of a director of business solutions job description:

   Director of business solutions job description example

   At the direction of the Domain Lead, the IS&T Director, Business Solutions will partner with business executive stakeholders to lead business process mapping and improvement projects that increase business efficiency, streamline processes and reduce complexity in the organization's application portfolio. With business leadership, advise Digital Solutions, prioritize improvements and demands with the business. Identify resources and efforts to implement projects and solutions once approved by business stakeholders and management. Manage/Oversee projects from initiation to implementation. Requires strong analytical skills, business analysis skills, excellent business process documentation, and customer service skills. Be a leader that supports, manages, and executes projects and accompanies the business in their change. Vendor management skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and achieve goals.
   
   Build and leverage relationships with management, key business stakeholders, and external organizations. Offer Innovative Awareness, Review demand, projects, tasks, and deliverables frequently, and change priorities or scope in coordination with ever-changing customer needs.
   Strong Customer Service Focus: Strong customer service skills and behaviors
   
   Enhance or improve the customer experience on a continuous basis. Provide excellent customer service.
   
   Proactively Identify tools and business process improvement areas in the business and influence stakeholders' buy-in to change and/or adapt as necessary.
   
   Demonstrated ability to make decisions in an informed, confident and timely manner
   
   Experience managing/overseeing the transformational project from inception to completion
   
   Document current business processes, identify areas to streamline, and make more efficient, re-design business processes and implement the changes - challenge status quo business thinking
   
   Digitize in all areas of possible business processes with appropriate tools, applications, and technical solutions.
   
   Blueprint functional and technical change documentation and work as the liaison between the business and outsourced service providers to deliver the services and changes to the applications as necessary.
   
   Provide senior leadership with regular project status & reporting.
   
   Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate through expertise
   
   Develop business technology strategies to ensure standardized processes and tools as much as possible.
   
   Assist in defining all functional aspects of various business applications including but not limited to SAP for the particular areas of customer service and purchasing for the global supply chain.
   
   Collaborate with Project Managers to implement major projects aligned with business goals.
   
   Ability/Willingness to work with Global peers to share best practices to further the VNA business
   
   Create and present business cases, plus identify business needs in a timely and efficient manner.
   
   Collaborate with Project Managers and Solution Delivery teams to identify appropriate internal and external resources necessary to accomplish project deliverables on time and on budget.
   
   Manage stakeholder expectations through clear, concise, and professional presentations and communications.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find directors of business solutions 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.

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6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit directors of business solutions, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up 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.

   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 director of business solutions

   Once you've selected the best director of business solutions candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new director of business solutions. 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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