Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications Project Management

Job Title: Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications Project Management

Location: Remote; East Coast Preferred

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

The Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications Project Management serves as the strategic and operational lead for a complex, multi-part local public health engagements. The Senior Consultant will guide project strategy, manage the integrated work of the project team, and help team members turn research, partner input, and organizational priorities into clear decisions and practical action.

The role requires someone who can move comfortably between systems-level thinking and day-to-day execution, anticipate risks and dependencies, and maintain momentum through a fast-moving policy and funding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• BME Org-Wide Responsibilities for Senior Consultants (Subject Matter Experts): Senior Consultant roles at BME consist of approximately 85% project work, 5% administrative work, and 10% business development.
• Leads project design and attends to client relationships.
• May serve as a technical expert and/or individual contributor on highly specialized workstreams.
• Minimal project oversight needed.
• Manages projects to exemplary client satisfaction.
• Recognizes business opportunities with existing clients and works with leadership to pursue.
• Proactively does outreach and sourcing of new clients.
• Sources RFPs of interest.
• Additional Responsibilities: Lead overall strategy, planning, implementation, and coordination.
• Translate client goals into an integrated work plan with clear phases, deliverables, decision points, dependencies, owners, and measures of progress.
• Direct and coordinate the work of project team members, subject matter experts, and other contributors.
• Facilitate client meetings, partner working sessions, decision-making discussions, and strategic planning activities that convert diverse input into clear direction.
• Manage review, quality assurance, and approval processes for project deliverables, anticipating lead times and escalating unresolved decisions when they threaten the work plan.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks, and emerging priorities; recommend adjustments that protect near-term usefulness and long-term sustainability.
• Use implementation feedback and evaluation findings to refine strategy, resources, and support approaches throughout the engagement.
• Prepare concise executive briefings, recommendations, progress reports, and transition plans.
• Help integrate communications and engagement practices into existing initiatives, governance, workflows, staff development, and future planning so the work can continue beyond the project period.
• Experience, Qualifications, & Skills
• Minimum of 6 years relevant experience including 4 or more years in a consulting firm environment required.
• Masters degree in Public Health, public policy, public administration, organizational leadership, or a related field highly preferred.
• People management experience preferred.
• Minimum 4 years client-facing experience, including 2 or more in project leadership roles.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Role-Specific Required Experience, Qualifications, & Skills: Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-workstream projects ideally for public-sector clients from planning through implementation.
• Advanced project management skills, including work planning, decision tracking, risk management, scope control, quality assurance, and coordination across teams and approval processes.