Job Title: Advisor, Public Health Data Analytics & Visualization
Location: Remote
Description
Founded in 2004, BME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs for local, regional, and state government partners. Our work supports evidence-based, community-driven solutions that strengthen public health systems and advance equity across the communities we serve. At BME, our clients are on the front lines of Public Health. Priorities may shift but our commitment to supporting our partners does not. We take pride in having multi-year, multi-project engagements, often working closely as an extension of their staff. Our success comes from our shared values: a bias toward action; optimistically collaborative; willingness to navigate ambiguity; minimal ego - no job is too small or big; pursuing the equitable solution; always learning, and; committed to quality at every stage.
Position Overview
BME Strategies is seeking an Advisor, Public Health Data Analytics & Visualization to support the Massachusetts Local Public Health Data Solution (Metrik) initiative. This role will support the analysis, interpretation, validation, and visualization of complex public health data, helping translate business, epidemiologic, and analytic requirements into accurate and accessible data products.
The Advisor will work across the analytics and visualization lifecycle, including data exploration, indicator development, statistical analysis, data validation, dashboard development, and stakeholder review. The ideal candidate combines strong business intelligence and data visualization skills with experience working with public health data and an understanding of epidemiologic and/or biostatistical methods.
In this role, a successful candidate will demonstrate:
Analytical rigor: Ability to critically evaluate data, methodologies, calculations, and conclusions.
Public health context: Ability to understand how epidemiologic and population-health concepts affect the appropriate analysis and presentation of data.
Visualization expertise: Ability to translate complex information into clear and intuitive analytical products.
Data quality orientation: Strong focus on reproducibility, validation, accuracy, and documentation.
Stakeholder collaboration: Ability to work effectively with program staff, epidemiologists, analysts, data engineers, developers, and leadership.
Technical adaptability: Ability to work across multiple BI and analytical platforms and learn new tools as project needs evolve.
Project Overview
Metrik is a statewide initiative led by the Office of Local and Regional Health (ORLH) to modernize and standardize workflows, data collection, reporting, and performance management across Massachusetts’ local and regional public health system. The project supports alignment with state performance standards, improves data quality and interoperability, and strengthens the ability of local health departments to demonstrate capacity, outcomes, and compliance in a consistent, user-friendly Salesforce platform. In this role, the candidate will work closely with Flourish & Thrive Labs as the third-party integrator on the project.
Key Responsibilities
BME Org-Wide Responsibilities for Advisors (Subject Matter Experts):
Leads or co-leads larger projects, technical & advisory, contributes to project design
Mentorship Potential: mentors Associates and Senior Associates on projects when possible; serves as a technical resource for their practice area
Business Development: manages projects to exemplary client satisfaction; contributes to and/or leads proposals
Role expectations: 90% project work, 5% administrative work, and 5% business development work.
Role-Specific Responsibilities:
Data and Public Health Analytics
Analyze public health datasets to identify trends, patterns, disparities, and other findings relevant to program and surveillance needs.
Support the development and…