Managing Consultant, Substance Use Abatement

Position Overview

As part of the BME Strategies Management Team, the Managing Consultant, Substance Use Abatement (SUA) plays a pivotal role in shaping the firm’s strategic direction in substance use prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction. This position ensures that BME Strategies’ work supports government and community partners in building equitable, coordinated systems of care that reduce overdose deaths, promote recovery, and strengthen local and regional public health capacity, while actively contributing to the firm’s business development and growth strategy.

Managing Consultants serve as Practice Leads. The SUA Practice Lead will guide strategy, oversee client engagements, and lead high-quality technical assistance and program implementation projects related to substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery systems. They will also play a key role in identifying new opportunities within Massachusetts and targeted expansion states, cultivating client and partner relationships, and developing high-quality proposals that expand BME’s impact and reach.

Working collaboratively with municipal and state partners, the Substance Use Abatement Practice Lead will design and implement data-driven, sustainable approaches that align with public health best practices, state and federal funding priorities, and health equity principles.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a strategic vision for the SUA practice area, ensuring alignment with state and local public health goals, evidence-based practice, and harm reduction frameworks.
• Monitor emerging trends, policies, and best practices in substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery to inform BME’s strategy and client support.
• Forecast resource needs and staffing to support current and future projects across the SUA portfolio.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the impact and success of the firm’s SUA work and its contribution to firm-wide goals.
• Provide expertise across BME Strategies’ practice areas to integrate substance use prevention and recovery strategies into broader public health and behavioral health initiatives.
• Coordinate with other BME Practice Leads to ensure systems improvement and knowledge sharing is prioritized consistently across the organization.
• Contribute to firm-wide learning through case studies, best-practice documentation, and internal staff development.

Business Development

Account Management

Program Design and Capacity Building

Stakeholder & People Management

Required :

Preferred :

Working Conditions

Expected range is $95,000 to $120,000 / annually - with annual bonus opportunity, contingent on performance and the achievement of both individual and firm-wide business development goals.

Comprehensive benefits package, including :

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BME Strategies expects a large volume of applicants for this position and only those candidates invited to move forward in the interview process will be contacted.

Please note that BME Strategies is unable to sponsor work-related visas.

We are made up of individuals with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. These varied points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.

BME Strategies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, or current employment status.

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