Consultant, Data Visualization & Communications Strategy

BME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in public health programs, supporting evidence-based, community-driven solutions to strengthen public health systems and promote equity. The firm values action, collaboration, humility, learning, and quality.

Location: Remote, East Coast preferred

Salary: $79,040 - $112,320/annually

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients on data communication, visualization strategy, and public health storytelling.
• Lead and support client discovery sessions to understand goals, audiences, data needs, and desired outcomes; translate insights into actionable deliverables and technical solutions.
• Navigate project ambiguity and pivot seamlessly to maintain steady partnership and meet evolving client needs.
• Facilitate presentations, stakeholder discussions, and refinement sessions to guide strategic communications and data visualization approaches.
• Develop tailored communications and reporting strategies that align with client objectives and target audiences.
• Build dashboards, charts, interactive reports, and analytical products aligned with approved requirements, indicators, and business rules using curated data sources.
• Translate technical, policy-heavy, or data-intensive content into clear, visually compelling, and user-centered materials.
• Implement indicator and metric logic in visualization platforms where appropriate, including calculations, measures, formatting, labeling, and interactivity.
• Configure and maintain BI semantic layer/modeling artifacts as applicable (e.g., Tableau data sources, Power BI datasets/models).
• Improve dashboard performance, usability, and maintainability through optimization and scalable design practices.
• Support quality assurance and release readiness activities, including validation of filters, exports, calculations, and stakeholder review feedback.
• Develop high-quality creative deliverables including reports, infographics, presentations, dashboards, and digital media.
• Maintain creative and visualization standards and ensure consistency across client projects and deliverables.
• Develop reusable templates, visualization components, and communication assets to support consistency and efficiency across projects.
• Manage/maintain design and production workflows from concept through delivery, coordinating with internal and external collaborators as needed.
• Develop and track metrics to assess dashboard effectiveness, communication performance, and audience engagement.
• Continuously refine creative and technical processes to enhance efficiency, accessibility, and client value.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience, including 2+ years in an Associate role in a similar consulting environment.
• 1-4 years of client-facing work experience.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Alignment with BME’s shared values.
• Demonstrated experience developing dashboards, analytical products, and audience-centered communications materials for operational or executive audiences.
• Strong proficiency in Tableau and/or Power BI, including experience developing custom or non-standard visualizations and interactions beyond default platform functionality.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling, information design, user experience principles, and communications strategy.
• Experience translating complex technical, policy, or data content into clear and engaging public-facing narratives and visual products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.
• Experience collaborating in structured project delivery environments (e.g., Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Teams).

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.

Additional Information

• The salary range for this position is $79,040 - $112,320/annually.
• New employees are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint, depending on internal equity and the budgeted amount for the position.
• BME Strategies does not negotiate starting salary offers.
• BME Strategies communicates with applicants only through email addresses ending @bmestrategies.com.
• BME Strategies is unable to sponsor work-related visas.
• BME Strategies is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants without unlawful discrimination.