Senior Advisor, Project Management

BME Strategies

4d • $91,520 - $151,840 • Remote

About The Position

BME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm that designs, implements, and evaluates public health programs for government partners. The Senior Advisor, Project Management supports day-to-day execution of a complex public health project by creating structure, driving coordination, and maintaining alignment across team members and stakeholders. The role manages core project operations, including documentation, stakeholder communications, and project tools, in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

The position supports Metrik, a statewide initiative led by the Office of Local and Regional Health to modernize and standardize workflows, data collection, reporting, and performance management across Massachusetts’ local and regional public health system. Metrik aims to align with state performance standards, improve data quality and interoperability, and help local health departments demonstrate capacity, outcomes, and compliance through a user-friendly Salesforce platform. The Senior Advisor will work closely with Flourish & Thrive Labs, the project’s third-party integrator.

As a Senior Advisor and subject matter expert, the employee leads project design and attends to client relationships, may contribute technical expertise to specialized workstreams, and may mentor junior staff. The role also includes supporting business development through client satisfaction, identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals and RFP responses, and participating in pitches. Expected time allocation is 85% project work, 5% administrative work, and 10% business development.

This is a full-time position based in a home office in the United States at a remote-first organization. East Coast candidates are preferred, and 10–15% travel to client sites, conferences, or meetings is anticipated. The position’s responsibilities may adapt as contracts conclude and project needs change. BME Strategies is unable to sponsor work-related visas.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience.
• At least 4 years of experience in a consulting firm environment.
• At least 5 years of client-facing experience, including at least 2 years in project leadership roles.
• MPH or a similar relevant graduate degree.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Alignment with BME Strategies’ shared values.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams, track details, and maintain momentum across competing priorities.
• Proven track record of owning and managing large projects across teams.
• Ability to synthesize complex information and translate discussions and inputs into clear, concise summaries, action items, and next steps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including tailoring messages to different audiences and producing clear, actionable outputs.
• Experience working in ambiguous environments and bringing structure and clarity to evolving work; strong meeting facilitation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through to ensure tasks, decisions, and deliverables are tracked and completed.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated collaboration with state public health agencies and IT teams to drive alignment and project execution.
• Recognized project management certification demonstrating proficiency in project planning, execution, and oversight.
• Software build experience.
• Understanding of technology-sector terminology and ability to translate it across stakeholders.
• Experience with the SAFe Agile framework for solution development.
• Scrum Master certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead project design and attend to client relationships.
• Serve as a technical expert and/or individual contributor on highly specialized workstreams, as applicable.
• Manage and continuously improve project tools and repositories, such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and SmartSheets, keeping documentation organized, accessible, and aligned with team practices.
• Coordinate and facilitate recurring team and project meetings; synthesize decisions, action items, and next steps; and track follow-through.
• Support scheduling and team coordination, maintain visibility into capacity and project cadence, and keep work organized and moving forward.
• Track dependencies, risks, and action items across workstreams; identify gaps and help escalate or resolve misalignment.
• Coordinate with IT project management by arranging meetings, updating project trackers, providing regular status reports, and serving as a liaison between the IT PMO and the Agile Release Train.
• Support junior staff development through coaching and knowledge-sharing and may develop internal training materials or resources.
• Manage projects to exemplary client satisfaction, surface business opportunities with existing clients, contribute technical expertise to proposals and RFP responses, and participate in pitches as a subject matter expert.

Benefits

• 11 paid floating holidays per year plus four weeks of additional PTO.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, with 80% employer-paid coverage for the employee and 70% 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.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

What This Job Offers

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