Consultant

BlackCube Labs; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Parental Leave

PTO policy

Job summary

Fractal seeks a blended Project Manager/Business Analyst for healthcare and medtech engagements in the United States (MA). You will drive delivery planning, governance, and stakeholder alignment while leading requirements gathering, process mapping, backlog readiness, and user story development.

The role ensures on‑track delivery, controlled scope, risk management, and translation of business needs into actionable outcomes for cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project/program delivery, business analysis, consulting, or transformation roles.
• Strong hands-on experience in delivery tracking, integrated planning, RAID management, scope control, and stakeholder management.
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with capability owners, product owners, business stakeholders, SMEs, and delivery teams to define scope, priorities, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Build and maintain integrated project and release plans using tools such as MS Project, JIRA, and related planning tools.
• Manage schedule dependencies, critical path, milestones, resource plans, and delivery risks across workstreams.
• Track progress against roadmap commitments and provide clear updates to leadership, PMO, and governance forums.
• Lead RAID management, issue resolution, decision tracking, and escalation management through closure.
• Facilitate business requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and current-state/future-state process assessments.
• Translate business needs into business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and backlog items.
• Work with product owners and technical teams to maintain backlog health and ensure stories are refined 2-3 sprints ahead.
• Support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, demos, and release readiness activities.
• Identify and remove roadblocks impacting backlog readiness, UAT, stakeholder decisions, and cross-team execution.
• Coordinate UAT planning, defect triage, business sign-off, training support, and change readiness activities.
• Develop stakeholder communications, status reporting, governance packs, and executive-ready summaries.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, scope, risks, decisions, and deliverables.
• Support onboarding of new team members and promote strong team operating rhythms.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery management, business process efficiency, and governance discipline.

Skills

Delivery tracking

Integrated planning

RAID management

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

JIRA/Confluence

MS Project

Excel/PowerPoint

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets; an ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a 'Cool Vendor' and a 'Vendor to Watch' by Gartner.

Please visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal.

Role Overview

We are seeking a consultant who can operate in a blended Project Manager and Business Analyst role for healthcare and medtech engagements. This person will drive delivery planning, stakeholder alignment, governance, and execution while also leading business analysis activities such as requirements gathering, process mapping, backlog readiness, and user story development.

The role is critical to ensuring delivery stays on track, scope is controlled, risks are actively managed, and business requirements are translated into implementable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with capability owners, product owners, business stakeholders, SMEs, and delivery teams to define scope, priorities, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Build and maintain integrated project and release plans using tools such as MS Project, JIRA, and related planning tools.
• Manage schedule dependencies, critical path, milestones, resource plans, and delivery risks across workstreams.
• Track progress against roadmap commitments and provide clear updates to leadership, PMO, and governance forums.
• Lead RAID management, issue resolution, decision tracking, and escalation management through closure.
• Facilitate business requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and current-state/future-state process assessments.
• Translate business needs into business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and backlog items.
• Work with product owners and technical teams to maintain backlog health and ensure stories are refined 2-3 sprints ahead.
• Support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, demos, and release readiness activities.
• Identify and remove roadblocks impacting backlog readiness, UAT, stakeholder decisions, and cross-team execution.
• Coordinate UAT planning, defect triage, business sign-off, training support, and change readiness activities.
• Develop stakeholder communications, status reporting, governance packs, and executive-ready summaries.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, scope, risks, decisions, and deliverables.
• Support onboarding of new team members and promote strong team operating rhythms.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery management, business process efficiency, and governance discipline.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project/program delivery, business analysis, consulting, or transformation roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience in delivery tracking, integrated planning, RAID management, scope control, and stakeholder management.
• Strong business analysis skills including workshop facilitation, requirement gathering, process mapping, user story writing, and acceptance criteria definition.
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery models.
• Working knowledge of project planning concepts such as critical path, slack/float, dependencies, and release planning.
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and standard collaboration tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with client leaders, business users, PMO, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical thinking, organization, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in healthcare, medtech, diagnostics, medical devices, or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with quality, validation, privacy, compliance, and documentation expectations in healthcare/medtech programs.
• Exposure to digital transformation, analytics, AI‑enabled solutions, or platform modernization initiatives.
• Experience supporting global teams and North America-based client stakeholders.
• Certifications such as PMP, Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, CBAP, or equivalent are a plus.

Pay

The wage range for this role considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Fractal, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: $140,000 -$150,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus for the current performance period.

Benefits

• As a full‑time employee of the company or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time.
• You will be eligible for benefits on the first day of employment with the Company.
• You are eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment, in accordance with the applicable plan terms.
• The Company provides for 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave.
• We also follow a "free time" PTO policy, allowing you the flexibility to take time needed for either sick time or vacation.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!