Chief of Staff

Job Title:

Chief of Staff

Location:

Remote 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.

BME Strategies is seeking an operationally rigorous, highly collaborative, and deeply strategic Chief of Staff (CoS) to serve as a peer to our executive leadership team and report directly to the EVP / Managing Director. In this critical VP-level role, you will lead the execution of firm-wide priorities, drive key cross-functional strategic initiatives, manage capacity planning, and maximize overall leadership team effectiveness.

The Chief of Staff operates as BME's central operational orchestrator, establishing a tight integration bridge between our delivery practices (led by our VP of Public Health), our commercial pipeline (led by our VP of Business Development), and our core business infrastructure (led by our VP of Finance & Operations). The CoS serves as direct supervisor to senior staff members with significant, high-visibility bodies of work, providing performance management, workload oversight, and professional development guidance.

This role ensures that as BME scales, our operational decisions and resources remain optimized to advance health equity.

• BME Org-Wide Responsibilities for Executive and VP-Level Roles:
  • Serves as strategic and technical advisor across firm-wide operations.
  • Manages organizational stewardship, strategic operational initiatives, and provides operational service leadership.
  • Supervises internal leadership team functions and administrative assignments.
  • Establishes and remains accountable to operational growth targets and performance metrics.
  • Participates in the review and strategic alignment of proposals prior to submission.
  • Supports leadership and management in proposal, partnership, and pitch strategy.
• Role-Specific Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Initiatives & Executive Partnership
    • Partner with the Managing Director (MD) to operationalize BME's corporate roadmaps and translate high-level strategy into actionable team objectives and KPIs.
    • Coordinate and facilitate weekly Leadership Team meetings, quarterly strategic retreats, and annual reviews of projects and overall organizational performance; manage executive agendas, compile action items, and drive accountability across VPs.
    • Serve as a trusted sounding board and strategic advisor to the MD and CEO, leading and providing oversight of special executive-led projects and handling sensitive organizational development tasks.
    • Conducts research and analysis on strategic, operational, or market questions as directed by the MD/CEO, synthesizing findings into actionable recommendations.
    • Serves as a designated representative for VP-level leaders in internal or external settings when they are unavailable, ensuring continuity of departmental representation on cross-functional and client-facing matters.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination & Synchronization
    • Develops and maintains deep working knowledge of BME's service offerings, methodologies, and client engagement models to inform strategic and operational decision-making.
    • Act as the central 'operational bridge' across BME's core functional areas:
      Public Health Delivery, Business Development, and Finance & Operations.
    • Partner with VP, Finance & Operations to align resource planning, contract budgets, and recruiting plans with active business development pipelines and upcoming client demands.
    • Develop, implement, and monitor a unified corporate dashboard integrating sales pipeline, programmatic delivery, and consultant capacity metrics to ensure overall firm health.
  • Proposal Pipeline & Capacity Orchestration
    • In coordination with the VP of Business Development, manage the…