Step into a Business Design Strategist role focused on helping organizations adopt AI in enterprise workflows and turn strategy into practical, future-ready ways of working. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to uncover opportunities, guide transformation, and shape solutions that connect business goals, human-centered design, and digital innovation.

Responsibilities

• Assess business goals, organizational readiness, and AI capabilities to inform strategy and adoption planning.
• Design future-state workflows and ways of working by evaluating use cases, workflow needs, and AI tool opportunities.
• Guide clients through transformation efforts by prioritizing capabilities and mapping paths toward adoption.
• Lead qualitative research activities such as interviews and observations to uncover insights and opportunities.
• Collaborate with teams across UX, UI, product, technology, analytics, and change management to develop integrated solutions.
• Support and facilitate client workshops that build alignment, momentum, and shared direction.
• Develop recommendations for incorporating AI into existing engineering workflows.

Skills

• 4+ years of experience in strategy consulting or business analysis with exposure to AI.
• Experience supporting enterprise strategy for AI-driven initiatives.
• Background in digital transformation or service design.
• Consulting or client-facing experience.
• Strong qualitative research and synthesis skills.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and bring clarity to complex problems.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Comfort working across disciplines and connecting people, processes, and platforms.

Preferred Skills

• MBA or another relevant graduate degree in business, design, or innovation.
• Experience working in environments focused on AI adoption and workflow improvement.
• Familiarity with tools such as Claude and Cowork.
• Experience helping teams translate ideas into actionable implementation plans.
• A thoughtful, client-centered approach with a collaborative mindset.

Horizontal is committed to building a workplace where inclusion, equity, and belonging are valued and respected. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and encourage you to apply if you’re excited about the role and believe you can contribute to the team.