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Business Analysis Manager

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Business Analysis Manager manages business analysis process. Responsible for delivery of analysis reports and products to internal and external stakeholders. May supervise Business or Management Analysts.

Job Outlook

There were 377 Business Analysis Manager job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 14100 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Business / Management Analyst industry, which includes the Business Analysis Manager career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Business Analysis Manager jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $116,345.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $108,927.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Business Analysis Manager postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $93,357.

Education and Experience

Posted Business Analysis Manager jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree2.38%
Bachelor's Degree67.23%
Master's Degree34.26%
Doctoral Degree5.48%
Other3.7%

Posted Business Analysis Manager jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years11.42%
3 to 5 years49.92%
6 to 8 years25.55%
9+ years13.11%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Business Analysis Manager positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Communication (49.1%)
  • Leadership (40.99%)
  • Management (39.73%)
  • Problem Solving (27.79%)
  • Operations (25.93%)
  • Presentations (22.63%)
  • Microsoft Excel (21.74%)
  • Sales (21.38%)
  • Planning (21.3%)
  • Decision Making (18.48%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • SQL (Programming Language) (38.69%)
  • Project Management (32.57%)
  • Data Analysis (40.68%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • R (Programming Language) (16.15%)
  • Analytics (17.16%)
  • Dashboard (23.37%)
  • Automation (11.79%)
  • Workflow Management (10.24%)
  • Business Strategies (8.37%)
  • Python (Programming Language) (22.48%)
  • Business Process (13.69%)
  • Process Improvement (11.77%)
  • Power BI (22.56%)
  • Business Intelligence (21.87%)
  • Finance (22.64%)
  • User Story (3.85%)
  • Data Science (16.22%)
  • Data Warehousing (8.71%)
  • Financial Services (4.36%)
  • Change Management (6.05%)
  • Scrum (Software Development) (6.61%)
  • Data Management (8.07%)
  • Data Visualization (17.54%)
  • Business Requirements (13.4%)
  • Business Analytics (21.49%)
  • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (29.62%)
  • Agile Methodology (14.66%)
  • Advanced Analytics (19.07%)
  • Computer Science (21%)
  • SAS (Software) (10.31%)
  • Business Analysis (15.35%)
  • Data Modeling (10.81%)
  • Machine Learning (9.3%)
  • Economics (11.98%)
  • Marketing (24.82%)
  • Information Systems (9.09%)
  • Statistics (14.55%)
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (15.9%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Business Analysis Manager skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Analytics Manager
  • Lead Business Analyst
  • Business Analyst/Project Manager
  • Analytics and Insights Manager
  • Business Analytics Manager
  • Advanced Analytics Manager
  • Reporting and Analytics Manager
  • At-Home Advisor
  • Business Systems Analysis Manager
  • Business Analytics Lead

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Business Analysis Manager jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Prime Therapeutics (284)
  • Walmart (233)
  • Citigroup (174)
  • Johnson & Johnson (161)
  • JPMorgan Chase (150)
  • DirecTV (126)
  • Publicis Groupe (115)
  • Humana (115)
  • AT&T (111)
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (108)

North Carolina

  • Wells Fargo (14)
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (10)
  • Randstad (10)
  • North Carolina State University (7)
  • The Coca-Cola Company (6)
  • Vaya Health (6)
  • PMA Companies (6)
  • TIAA (5)
  • Prime Therapeutics (5)
  • KPMG (5)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!