Strategic Planning Services

Strategic Planning Services – Drive Business Growth Through Actionable Strategy

Build a roadmap for sustainable success with Toptal’s Strategic Planning Services. Our strategy consultants partner with you to clarify your business vision, align team priorities, build agile processes, and create data-driven strategies that position your organization for sustainable growth.

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Clients Served

35,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

30,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS AND STARTUPS

Our Services

Toptal Strategic Planning Services

Define your strategic vision and drive sustainable growth with Toptal’s Strategic Planning Services. Our experienced strategic planning consultants deliver a structured process, actionable goals, and professional facilitation—empowering leadership teams to create effective business plans and execute with confidence in today’s competitive landscape.

Corporate Strategy Development

Align your leadership team around a bold vision through strategic planning services that clarify company direction and long-term goals.

Growth Strategy Consulting

Identify opportunities and develop strategies to support sustainable growth and expand market reach through structured planning.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Launch new offerings with planning services that align business goals, tactical execution, and resource allocation.

Facilitated Strategy Sessions

Guide your team through the strategic planning process with tailored facilitation that clarifies direction and builds alignment.

Business Model Innovation

Rethink value creation through new models aligned with strategic goals and long-term transformation.

AI Strategy Consulting

Develop and integrate AI strategies that unlock innovation, streamline operations, and give your business a competitive edge.

Digital Strategy Planning

Build a digital planning framework and roadmap designed to drive business transformation, agility, and long-term growth.

Scenario Planning

Use scenario modeling to anticipate challenges and develop flexible plans that help your organization stay agile and resilient.

Change Management Planning

Prepare teams for organizational shifts with strategic change plans that reduce disruption and increase adoption.

Organizational Strategy

Unite teams and leadership under a cohesive strategy that drives collaboration and seamless cross-functional execution.

OKR Consulting

Align organizational objectives and key results with your strategic vision to strengthen performance management and accountability.

Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy

Develop integration plans and opportunity assessments to guide successful mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Strategic Planning Services

Our strategic planning consultants, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

We will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether you’re outlining a long-term strategic vision or executing a detailed action plan to meet your organizational goals.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Strategic Planning Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading strategic planning services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

Strategy Consultant

Growth Strategist

Innovation Consultant

Go-to-Market Consultant

Financial Strategy Consultant

Corporate Strategy Consultant

Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

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Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

Previously Managed Client

Experience

9+ Years

Nuno Anjo e Silva

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

31+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

Nuno has worked for more than 31 years in consumer packaged goods at Unilever and B2B at the Navigator Company. In 2020, he started working as an independent consultant, often managing McKinsey and Eurogroup transformation teams or doing freelance work. With his skills and expertise, Nuno will be a great addition to any team.

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Michael Ang

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

28+ Years

of Experience

Growth Strategist

An MIT MBA graduate, Michael served large corporations at Bain and helped build new businesses at firms backed by top-tier VCs (Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield, Softbank). He's led pricing work at a Silicon Valley firm acquired for $185 million and joined Toptal to work on challenging business problems. His work has led to the discovery of multimillion-dollar business optimization opportunities and contributed to a client’s multi-fold revenue increase.

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Savannah Enright

Verified Expert in Product Management

15+ Years

of Experience

Innovation Consultant

Savannah is a seasoned customer experience (CX) strategist and innovation consultant with over 15 years of experience leading innovation, strategy, and design projects and teams. Previously of Fjord and BCG, she excels in transforming products and experiences to meet modern consumer expectations. Savannah's work spans industries and levels of seniority, where she leads user research, crafts actionable business strategies, and develops innovative concepts across the entire customer journey.

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Aishwarya Jayal

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

12+ Years

of Experience

Go-to-Market Consultant

Aishwarya is an SPJIMR and Cornell exchange MBA graduate in finance with 12+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, and financial services. She has collaboratively built an early-stage startup from scratch, worked with industry leaders like Deloitte, and is adept in financial modeling, asset optimization, and business transformations. Aishwarya appreciates the opportunity to work remotely with passionate entrepreneurs and management teams to unlock growth in their organizations.

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Vincent Grandjean

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

26+ Years

of Experience

Financial Strategy Consultant

Vincent has experience as a management consultant, entrepreneur, and general manager. After his first assignments in Europe, he gained extensive knowledge of emerging markets in North Africa and the Middle East. His primary skills include market research, market entry strategy, business planning, organization restructuring, controlling, and performance management. Vincent has carried out projects in numerous contexts but specializes in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and industrial sectors.

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Arvind Kumar

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

10+ Years

of Experience

Corporate Strategy Consultant

Arvind is a consultant with more than 10 years of experience, including at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY across the Middle East, America, India, and Europe. He has delivered 30+ projects, including growth strategies and business plans; M&A and financial analyses; pitch decks; and go-to-market, branding, and digital strategies. Arvind has a demonstrated track record in planning and delivering complex transformations ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

20,000+ vetted experts, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Strategic Planning Consultant

Profit Optimization Consultant

Strategy Consultant

Organizational Strategy Consultant

Private Equity Expert

Innovation and Growth Strategist

Senior Business Consultant

Agile Project Manager

Change Management Consultant

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

11+ Years

of Experience

Strategic Planning Consultant

Krittika is an experienced strategy professional who has executed numerous deals for Fortune Global 500 corporations while working at KPMG. Adept at conducting commercial due diligence, go-to-market and growth strategies, benchmarking, and competitor analysis, she is also skilled in data analytics. Krittika is enthusiastic about taking on new challenges and providing her clients with exceptional consulting services.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

20+ Years

of Experience

Profit Optimization Consultant

Anuar, a Bain alumnus with 20+ years of experience, specializes in advising private equity groups and Fortune 500 companies. He assists C-suite executives and investors in defining total addressable markets, conducting due diligence and M&A processes, and creating growth strategies. Anuar’s expertise lies in the TMT sector, helping telcos and SaaS companies boost their topline through pricing and accelerating their growth through data-driven go-to-market strategies.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

14+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

Gustavo is an expert in management consulting with extensive experience working with digital native tech companies and retail, energy, and telecom corporations. He combines strong analytical, abstract thinking and problem-solving skills with a remarkable capacity to connect strategic, product, and commercial perspectives.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

36+ Years

of Experience

Organizational Strategy Consultant

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for 36+ years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

33+ Years of

of Experience

Private Equity Expert

Julio has diversified experience as a finance VP for multinationals based in the US and Latin America in the financing, pharmaceutical, luxury goods, and personal care sectors and distribution channels, such as retail, wholesale, and travel retail. Julio's expertise includes financial planning and modeling, investment banking, commercial real estate, fundraising, business plan development, logistics, company valuation, and strategic and visionary leadership based on innovation and creativity.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

20+ Years

of Experience

Innovation and Growth Strategist

Gayemarie is a management consultant with 20+ years of experience with global consulting firms focusing on digital transformation and AI. She is a sought-after advisor to Series A through C companies in AI, data, identity management, and MarTech. She has led M&A deals of $500+ million, working strategy, due diligence, Integration Management Office, and integrations. Gayemarie is a seasoned consultant dedicated to driving value.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

7+ Years

of Experience

Senior Business Consultant

Anjolaoluwa is a management consultant at KPMG with relevant experience in delivering strategic planning, corporate development, and operation optimization for organizations from diverse sectors, including financial services, energy, manufacturing, public and development sector, and agriculture. She is passionate about growth and impact while delivering practical solutions to solve client challenges. Anjolaoluw enjoys freelancing because it provides the opportunity to work for diverse clients.

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Verified Expert in Project Management

28+ Years

of Experience

Agile Project Manager

Avalon is recognized for his successful business, digital, Agile, and AI transformations, leveraging his considerable product, program, and project management experience. He is a certified MIT Artificial Intelligence Strategist, PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC), Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC), and Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM). He has outstanding power skills and the ability to align with all levels of an organization.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Marita is a senior executive with more than 13 years of experience in human resources and operations. She has led change management projects impacting businesses in the financial, retail, manufacturing, and automotive sectors, and performed recruitment, selection, salary analysis, career path development, and work environment examination. Marita holds a bachelor’s degree in services administration, an international MBA, and has done postgraduate studies in human management.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

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Why organizations choose us

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal consultant unlocks 250% revenue growth for UK-based edtech company with breakthrough go-to-market strategy.

Challenge: Expanding into international markets unlocks new opportunities—and just as many challenges. Although a UK-based edtech company had successfully launched its day care administration platform in certain markets, the brand struggled to find footing in the Americas.

Impact: Toptal’s strategy consulting services enabled the company to expand throughout the Americas, unlocking 250% revenue growth within a year. The company now operates in more than 1,000 global facilities, with Latin America now representing the client’s largest market by revenue.

Anuar [Toptal’s strategy consultant] was instrumental in our growth as a company. His robust analysis gave us the insight and confidence we needed to successfully launch in the Americas, leading to significant customer and revenue growth.

CEO

Edtech Company

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

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Isaac Prada y Nogueira

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

19 Years of Experience

Isaac is a management consultant, CEO, and CTO with deep expertise in electrical and automotive engineering currently focusing on AI, blockchain, and crypto projects. Applying the management methods he learned as a Formula 1 engineer for Alpine, he now helps tech startups and SMBs optimize their growth and innovation strategies and increase revenue.

Expertise

Business Consultant Growth Strategy

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The Undeniable Importance of a Business Plan

Sean Heberling

Sean is a Chartered Financial Analyst who serves as the founder and CEO of Marion Street Capital, a management consulting firm that has saved healthcare providers millions through the development of KPIs. Previously, he worked at Morgan Stanley and BNY Mellon. Sean has analyzed 10,000+ companies, built complex models, and helped facilitate investment transactions totaling in excess of $1 billion. Additionally, he is on the boards of several companies, advising on operations, growth strategy, and fundraising.