Start off by figuring out what your tech lead's primary responsibilities would be. Depending on the company and position the tech lead could be responsible for

Start off by figuring out what your tech lead's primary responsibilities would be. Depending on the company and position the tech lead could be responsible for any of the below 1. managing people 2. managing product 3. managing clients 4. keeping devs focused and on a schedule, even if that means doing the "wrong" thing 5. ensuring devs do the "right" thing even if schedule slips 6. being a technology expert 7. mentoring The first step if figuring out how you get what you want( a good tech lead) is figure out what is you want(what a good tech lead means to the organization) Specifically in your organization what would be the primary responsibilities for this tech lead?