Catalant is the next-generation consulting solution that takes a unique approach toward solving our clients’ business challenges. We call it Consulting 2.0: it’s purpose-fit, fast, flexible, and a fair value. Partnering with the world’s top private equity firms and industry-leading Fortune 500 companies, Catalant delivers innovative solutions powered by AI and rooted in the kind of deep expertise and hands-on experience that drives real results.
Role Overview
As an Associate within our Industrials Client Community, you will play a pivotal role in supporting clients, consultants, and the broader Catalant team throughout the entire go-to-market lifecycle. Our internal Client Community team is made up of driven, sales-focused professionals dedicated to sparking business growth, nurturing strategic partnerships, and unlocking new opportunities for our clients.
Your core responsibilities will include identifying talent needs through proactive outreach to prospective customers, expertly matching consultants to client requirements, vetting and coaching consultants, and managing key projects and processes. This role is tailored for individuals eager to develop a diverse skill set, with a clear trajectory toward more senior positions in sales and client management. This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact while building a strong foundation for career advancement.
What You'll Do
Consultant Matching and Sourcing:
Author and post project descriptions that enable consultants to accurately self-select where they are a strong fit to support client needs
Review and vet consultant profiles to create a short-list of high potential profiles for client review
Search for niche expertise via LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms
Prepare and coach consultants on client interviews and proposal development
Provide post-interview feedback to consultants
Business Development / Lead Generation
Research client prospects to identify potential buyers
Monitor target customers for buying signals
Outreach to prospective clients via email, LinkedIn, and phone to generate interest and introductory calls
Lead assessment and qualification
Drive discovery and uncover opportunities where the Catalant expert network can address client needs
General Project Support
Drive expert review and interview process including scheduling, tracking progress, and escalating delays
Advise and coach clients and experts on how to best utilize the Catalant platform
Review expert submissions (pitches, full proposals, pricing) to ensure high quality and to identify risks
Monitor active consulting engagements and identify opportunities for extensions in partnership with expert consultants
Bachelor’s Degree
3- 6 years of experience in business development, executive recruiting, or similar roles
Ability to proactively manage and prioritize a variety of activities
Tenacity to work with clients, experts, and prospects including the ability to overcome basic objections
Strong communication
Ability to quickly build relationships and trust with outside consultants
Prior experience with business development outreach to warm and cold lead, or the interest and capacity to learn
Salesforce experience a plus
Benefits
At Catalant, we strive to offer a work environment where employees can bring however much of their full, authentic self as they desire. With this in mind, we are happy to offer our employees:
Flexible paid time off
13 company holidays + a week off from Christmas through New Years
Twelve weeks of paid parental leave regardless of how you choose to grow your family
Generous health insurance coverage as well as optional vision and dental
401k to save for retirement
Pre-tax commuter and flexible spending accounts
A lifestyle spending account to be used towards cell phone, internet, commuting, and learning & development
Wellness stipend for your mental, emotional, or physical wellbeing needs and support
Work from Home stipend
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Catalant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Catalant makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business objectives and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, qualified physical or mental disability, genetic condition or predisposition, or any other status protected by law. All Catalant employees are prohibited from engaging in any form of discrimination.
Our Flexible Work Model
We align our work environment with both the requirements of the role and the needs of our people. For positions local to our Boston headquarters, we utilize a flexible hybrid model to support team collaboration. Other roles are designed for full remote work.
The Interview & Onboarding Experience
We aim for a hiring process that is both rigorous and respectful of your time. Interviews and onboarding are conducted either virtually or in person, determined by the nature of the role and the individual circumstances of the candidate. Our People Team is here to coordinate the best path forward for you.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 3-6 years of experience in business development, executive recruiting, or similar roles
- Ability to proactively manage and prioritize a variety of activities
- Tenacity when working with clients, experts, and prospects, including overcoming basic objections
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to quickly build relationships and trust with outside consultants
- Prior experience with warm and cold business development outreach, or interest and capacity to learn
- Salesforce experience
Catalant Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is presented as flexible, with 13 company holidays, a week-long break between Christmas and New Year’s, and additional wellness days each quarter. This combination signals strong support for rest and work-life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is advertised at up to 12 weeks of paid time, regardless of how a family grows. This indicates a relatively inclusive approach for new parents.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include wellness stipends and a lifestyle spending account for internet, phone, commuting, learning, and home-office setup, alongside wellness programs. These extras extend value beyond core insurance into daily quality-of-life support.
Catalant Technologies Insights
What We Do
Catalant, the pioneer of Consulting 2.0, has helped the biggest and best companies use independent consultants for their most important work for over 10 years. More than 30% of the Fortune 500, top PE firms, and leading consultancies partner with Catalant to gain access to highly skilled, experienced business professionals who’ve solved their exact problems before. Over 100k talented independent consultants count themselves as Catalant Experts. We reinvented the traditional consulting model with our modern, digitally-enabled approach to solving complex business problems, giving leaders (even those outside of the C-suite) direct access through a technology platform to the expertise of senior operators, SMEs, and former consultants. With backing from some of the world's top venture capital firms, we continue to bolster our industry-leading platform by growing the team that will take Catalant to the next level.
Why Work With Us
With more companies shifting to having a flexible and agile workforce, the freelance economy is taking off, making Catalant more relevant than ever. As companies are leveraging our marketplace more, the work our employees do is incredibly impactful. We take our work seriously but have a lot of fun and laughter along the way.
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Catalant Technologies Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We have a flexible hybrid work model, where employees local to our Boston HQ come into our office on a flexible basis (typically once a week), and other employees are fully remote. Talk to our People team to learn more!











