Associate Principal, Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement (MEQI)

BME Strategies

3d • $99,840 - $162,240 • Remote

About The Position

BME Strategies is recruiting for an Associate Principal within the Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement (MEQI) practice, with a portfolio spanning state-scale program evaluation and public health data modernization. This may include rural health evaluation design and implementation, multi-site evaluation architecture, performance measurement for complex public health initiatives, public health data strategy, health information exchange (HIE) integration, data governance, and capacity-building for public health agencies navigating a rapidly changing data landscape.
Candidates may come to this role from a program evaluation background, a public health data systems background, or both. What is consistent across strong candidates is a track record of leading complex engagements at the state level; managing and developing staff; holding client relationships with sophistication and commercial awareness; and contributing to business development with the credibility of someone who has delivered at scale. This role is an excellent fit for someone who is as committed to growing a practice and developing a team as to delivering excellent technical work.

Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, or a closely related field required.
• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in applied public health, program evaluation, health data systems, or a closely related field, with at least 4 years in a consulting firm environment.
• Minimum of 4 years people management experience.
• Minimum 7 years client-facing experience, including 4 or more in project leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing staff in a professional services or consulting environment.
• Track record of managing state-level or large-scope client relationships, including budget oversight and scope management.
• Experience contributing to business development, including proposal writing and client relationship development, at a senior level.
• Strong analytical abilities across quantitative and/or qualitative methods, calibrated to the pillar's methodological signature.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical content for non-technical decision-makers.
• Skilled facilitator and presenter; comfortable in senior-level client and partner conversations.
• Able to manage competing priorities across multiple engagements and staff without losing precision or accountability.
• Familiarity with public health systems and practices at the local and state level.
• Understanding of evaluation frameworks, quality improvement tools, performance management, and/or public health data modernization depending on pillar assignment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Alignment with BME’s shared values.

Nice To Haves

• PhD or equivalent terminal degree a plus.
• Experience navigating state government procurement environments and multi-party teaming structures a plus.
• Familiarity with federal funding landscapes (e.g., RHTP, PHIG) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert; contributes to practice area knowledge-building and technical standards; may present or publish externally.
• Serve as senior technical expert and advisor on projects; may take on account management responsibilities; contributes to project design and quality oversight in a technical and advisory capacity.
• Provide technical guidance across the firm; contributes to practice area development; formal mentorship of Advisors and Senior Advisors without people management responsibilities.
• Contribute to exemplary client satisfaction; recognizes business opportunities and surfaces them to leadership; leads technical components of proposals; participates in pitching as a subject matter expert.
• Lead delivery across active engagements, serving as the senior client-facing point of contact and final reviewer on deliverables.
• Oversee state-scale program evaluation engagements, including evaluation design and implementation, multi-site evaluation architecture, metric development and readiness assessment, and performance reporting.
• Lead or oversee public health data modernization engagements, including data strategy, HIE integration advisory, data governance design, data quality frameworks, and capacity-building for public health data staff.
• Identify delivery risks early and escalate to the practice lead with proposed mitigations.
• Contribute to after-action reviews and knowledge capture at project close.
• Serve as the primary account manager for standing client relationships — the point of contact when clients want to discuss what comes next, not just what is active.
• Provide the technical and methodological substance for proposals: shape technical approach, contribute to budget and pricing, and author or co-author proposal sections.
• Participate in go/no-go decisions as the technical voice, assessing feasibility, capacity, and fit.
• Identify and pursue organic growth opportunities within existing client relationships.
• Partner with the Senior BD Advisor on pursuits they source, contributing technical grounding without taking on day-to-day sourcing or pipeline administration.
• Actively build the capacity of junior and mid-level staff through structured mentorship, skills coaching, and deliberate stretch assignments.
• Develop and maintain a thought leadership platform relevant to state-scale evaluation and/or public health data modernization; present at a minimum of one relevant conference per year (NACCHO, ASTHO, APHA, AEA, PHII Data Summit, or equivalent).
• Author or substantively contribute to capability statements, case studies, and methodology briefs.
• Participate in MEQI practice leadership meetings and semi-annual strategy reviews; contribute pillar-level intelligence to collective strategy, pipeline, and resourcing discussions.
• Other duties as assigned in support of BME's mission and client commitments.

Benefits

• 6+ weeks total leave, including paid vacation, sick time, personal leave, and floating holidays
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, with 75% employer-paid coverage for the employee & 50% employer-paid coverage for dependents
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior