Business strategy

Drive the long-term success and growth of your company.

Transform your business with data-driven, proven strategies

Unlock your potential with our comprehensive business strategy services. From expert strategists who design actionable roadmaps, to project managers who ensure flawless execution, change leaders who drive smooth transitions and process analysts who optimize operations – we provide the skills and insights to stay ahead of the competition.

Business portfolio + project management

Deliver your projects on target, on time and on budget. Whether it’s conducting thorough data analysis to assess the strategic fit of various product lines or planning and overseeing initiatives from start to finish, we have the talent to help your organization hit its strategic objectives.
We match experts to positions including:
  • Project managers
  • Program managers
  • Portfolio architects and managers
  • Project coordinators

Organizational readiness + change management

A holistic approach can be essential to reducing disruption and maximizing the benefits of organizational change. It’s important to assess the scope and impact of proposed changes, including potential risks and challenges. Our experts can help you through the early, mid and latter stages of transition.
We match experts to positions including:
  • Change managers
  • Business transformation managers
  • Organizational design & development

Business + process analysts

To achieve your business objectives, assessing an organization’s operations, processes and systems is key. From requirements gathering to quality assurance, our team of portfolio architects and project managers can act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams.
We match experts to positions including:
  • Business strategists
  • Business solution architects
  • Process engineers and analysts
  • Business analysts

Agile team development + management

Our crop of Agile developers and managers can help teach your team and/or lead the process of top-tier coding and collaborating. Implementing user stories, testing and debugging and adapting to change are a critical part of the Agile process, and our consultants can help institute this process across your IT or digital marketing team.
We match experts to positions including:
  • Scrum masters
  • Agile coaches
  • Agile project managers
  • Product owners

Industries we've worked with

Healthcare industry - a doctor talking to a patient
Healthcare
Financial services industry - two people talking
Financial services
Insurance industry - two people having conversation
Insurance
Retail industry - Two people conversating at a store
Retail
Telecom industry - Worker fixing a power line
Telecommunications
Manufacturing industry - two construction workers looking at a plan
Manufacturing
Professional services industry - person looking up from computer
Professional services
Hospitality industry - hotel worker checks someone into hotel
Hospitality
Energy industry - construction worker
Energy & utilities
Advertising industry - person working on computer
Advertising services
Higher education industry - person working at desk
Education
Real estate industry - neighborhood
Real estate

Medical device company tackles big projects

Problem: The client, a major medical device company, has experienced fast organic and acquisition-based growth. This has resulted in large and often unforeseen increases in new project demand, specifically related to IT initiatives that support other business-driven initiatives. They needed a way to quickly ramp resources up and down while maintaining the quality of projects delivered.
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Medical device company tackles big projects

Solution: We co-developed an exclusive program to meet their objectives. Horizontal provided all the contingent resources and supporting services, which allowed our workers to efficiently acclimate to the client and project with quality oversight. Also, this gave us the ability to be very involved in the workforce planning to ensure we were pipelining the right talent and skill sets.
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Medical device company tackles big projects

Positions staffed: Project managers, change managers.
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Medical device company tackles big projects

Result: We have had a continued partnership for almost a decade, which has helped our client complete and implement many significant IT initiatives with positive results for their business.
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Other services we offer

Enterprise development

Testing as a Service

Project Management as a Service

Cloud engineering

Managed application services

Digital, marketing and creative

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