Advisor, Public Health Data Analytics, Visualization

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide support for the Massachusetts Local Public Health Data Solution (Metrik) initiative.

• Analyze, interpret, validate, and visualize complex datasets related to public health.

• Convert business, epidemiologic, and analytic requirements into precise and user-friendly data products.

• Take the lead or co-lead on larger technical and advisory projects.

• Contribute to project design efforts.

• Mentor Associates and Senior Associates as opportunities arise.

• Act as a technical resource for the practice area.

• Manage projects to ensure exemplary client satisfaction.

• Contribute to or spearhead proposals.

• Analyze public health datasets to uncover trends, patterns, disparities, and other insights.

• Develop and validate public health indicators, measures, rates, percentages, denominators, and stratifications.

• Apply epidemiological and statistical concepts to population-level health data.

• Conduct exploratory data analysis and data profiling activities.

• Validate calculations and analytical outputs against source data, benchmarks, and business rules.

• Collaborate with epidemiologists, program staff, analysts, data engineers, developers, and leadership.

• Document definitions, methodologies, assumptions, limitations, and analytic business rules for indicators.

• Design and create interactive dashboards, reports, and visual analytical products.

• Develop visualizations utilizing Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, and/or Amazon QuickSight.

• Create charts, dashboards, filters, drill-downs, tooltips, and other interactive elements.

• Develop reusable visualization components, templates, and standards.

• Optimize dashboards for usability, performance, and maintainability.

• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders into visualization designs.

• Collaborate with data engineers, data architects, analysts, and BI developers on source and analytical datasets.

• Use SQL and other analytical tools to query and analyze data.

• Support BI-layer measures, calculations, mappings, and semantic models.

• Evaluate the placement of analytical logic across databases, data warehouses, semantic layers, and visualization platforms.

• Provide support for Snowflake and/or AWS-based data platforms and BI tools.

• Troubleshoot discrepancies among source data, analytical datasets, and dashboard outputs.

• Conduct systematic validation of dashboard metrics, calculations, filters, and visualizations.

• Support peer review, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and business validation processes.

• Document data sources, transformations, methodologies, metric definitions, dashboard functionalities, and limitations.

• Maintain work products using Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Office.

• Support repeatable analytical and visualization processes for future Metrik use cases.

• Role allocation is comprised of 90% project work, 5% administrative tasks, and 5% business development efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of experience is required.

• At least 2 years of experience within a consulting firm environment.

• Proven subject matter expertise in at least one practice area.

• Ability to contribute independently from a technical standpoint.

• 1–4 years of client-facing experience.

• A Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, data analytics, health informatics, statistics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience in analyzing complex datasets and translating findings into actionable analytical products.

• Familiarity with developing dashboards and data visualizations using a modern business intelligence platform.

• Strong understanding of data visualization principles and dashboard design.

• Experience in data validation and quality assurance of analytical outputs.

• Proficiency in using SQL for querying, analyzing, and validating data.

• Ability to convert business and analytical requirements into technical specifications and visualization designs.

• Strong analytical reasoning, attention to detail, and documentation capabilities.

• Ability to clearly communicate technical and analytical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Capability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced consulting environment.

• Alignment with BME’s shared values.

• Preferred: experience with public health, healthcare, surveillance, population health, or health and human services data.

• Preferred: applied experience with epidemiologic or biostatistical methods.

• Preferred: experience with multiple public health datasets and the integration of surveillance or administrative data sources.

• Preferred: advanced proficiency with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, or Amazon QuickSight.

• Preferred: experience with Snowflake, AWS, or other cloud-based analytical environments.

• Preferred: experience in developing analytical products for state or local government, public health agencies, or other public-sector organizations.

• Preferred: familiarity with data governance, suppression, privacy, accessibility, and public health reporting requirements.

• Must be based within the U.S.

• BME Strategies is unable to sponsor work-related visas.

🏝️ Benefits

• 11 paid floating holidays each year.

• 4 additional weeks of paid time off (PTO).

• Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• 80% of the coverage for employees is paid by the employer.

• 70% of the coverage for dependents is paid by the employer.

• Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

• 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions.

• Employer-paid short-term disability insurance.

• Employer-paid long-term disability insurance.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Career advancement opportunities.

• Remote-first work environment.

• Occasional travel to client sites, conferences, or meetings as required.