BME Strategies · 1 day ago
Senior Advisor, Public Health Data and Program Strategy
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$95K/yr - $120K/yr
7+ years expBME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in public health program design, implementation, and evaluation. The Senior Advisor will serve as an embedded advisor for a statewide public health data solutions initiative, ensuring effective translation of public health program priorities into actionable decisions and implementation approaches.
Hospital & Health Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead Business-Side Program Enablement: Serve as the central point of coordination for public health program staff, ensuring end-user business needs drive technical design and system functionality
Project Tracking & Documentation: Maintain and oversee business-side project plans, timelines, risks, decision logs, and progress updates for leadership and governance bodies
Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with the IT Project Manager, vendor teams, developers, and data architects to ensure shared understanding and alignment across all project streams
Facilitate Project Governance: Support leadership briefings, participate in program leadership meetings, and ensure timely escalation of issues or decisions
Project Management & Delivery Oversight: Provide project management support for the business-side workstream, including scope definition, work planning, dependency management, milestone tracking, and coordination across internal teams, IT, and vendors to ensure timely and high-quality delivery
Budget Management & Financial Tracking: Monitor, track, and report on project budgets and expenditures, support forecasting and budget amendments, identify risks or variances, and coordinate with leadership to ensure financial accountability and alignment with project scope and priorities
Ensure Public Health Alignment: Assist with translating policy, programmatic, and regulatory considerations into system requirements that support core public health functions
Support Change Management: Assist with training, readiness activities, and communication to help public health staff adopt new processes and tools
Translation and cross-domain alignment: Proactively identify misalignments in understanding and expectations to prevent downstream rework
Public health operations and enablement: Analyze public health workflows and operational contexts to inform future-state processes enabled by integrated data systems, support organizational readiness by advising on adoption risks, communication needs, and sequencing considerations, and help shape training, rollout, and engagement approaches to support sustainable uptake of new tools and practices
Cross-Functional Coordination: Work closely with IT Project Manager, data architects, developers, and vendor teams to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical implementation
Public Health Workflow Analysis: Map current workflows, identify gaps, and design future-state processes optimized for digital, integrated data systems
Data Modernization Support: Partner with IT and data architects to ensure system design supports interoperability, standardized data structures, and modern public health data practices
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Public Health, Information Systems, Public Administration, or related field
7-12+ years of experience advising on large scale projects and programs at the intersection of public health practice and data initiatives
Demonstrated experience serving in an advisory, translational, or strategy-oriented role within complex, multi-stakeholder environments
Strong understanding of public health operations and the realities of local and state public health practice; ability to translate complex public health program needs into technical requirements
Working fluency in modern data concepts (e.g., interoperability, data lakes, standardized data models) sufficient to engage in solution-oriented discussions
Proven ability to facilitate challenging conversations and align stakeholders with differing priorities, vocabularies, and incentives
Preferred
Experience supporting or advising large public-sector data modernization initiatives
Familiarity with public health data standards and systems (e.g., HL7, FHIR, ELR, case management, surveillance systems)
Experience working with or alongside state and local public health agencies
Exposure to agile or hybrid delivery environments (formal certification not required)
Experience with CRM-based public sector platforms (e.g., Salesforce Public Sector Solutions, Health Cloud) is a plus but not required
Holds a recognized project management certification, demonstrating proficiency in project planning, execution, and oversight
Certified program management professional (PgMP®, MSP®, or equivalent), with proven experience leading cross-functional programs
Benefits
6+ weeks total leave, including paid vacation, sick time, personal leave, and floating holidays
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Health FSA and dependent care FSA
401(k) with employer match
Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
One-time technology stipend
Opportunities for professional development and career growth
Company
BME Strategies
Founded in 2004, BME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in consulting services to local, state, and national governments, healthcare institutions, professional associations, and non-profit organizations.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Founder and Executive Director
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