Full-Time

Associate – Private Equity

Catalant

Catalant

51-200 employees

Marketplace for on-demand business consulting

No salary listed

Boston, MA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work model for Boston-based roles; on-site at Boston HQ as needed.

Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Lead Generation
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 2-4 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
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator or Recruiter experience a plus
Responsibilities
  • 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
Desired Qualifications
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator or Recruiter experience a plus

Catalant operates as a marketplace that connects businesses with a large network of independent consultants and consulting firms for on-demand, project-based work. Clients post projects and consultants submit pitches; the platform handles the end-to-end workflow—from discovering experts and interviewing them to managing the project and processing payments. Revenue typically comes from taking a share of project value or via subscription access to platform features. The company differentiates itself with a substantial, diverse pool (80,000 independent consultants and 3,000 firms) and a structured platform that streamlines matching, contracting, and project execution, enabling organizations to access specialized expertise quickly. Its goal is to help business leaders obtain the right expertise for specific projects at scale and with clarity around delivery and costs.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series F

Total Funding

$167.8M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Enterprise fractional leadership adoption accelerates high-value projects.
  • Generative AI boosts consultant efficiency against traditional firms.
  • $35M Series E funding scales products and global markets.

What critics are saying

  • Upwork captures 50-70% share with lower-cost freelancers by Q1 2026.
  • McKinsey Launch poaches consultants in 3-6 months per Jan 2026 announcement.
  • Anthropic Claude automates 30% tasks, threatening existence by 2028.

What makes Catalant unique

  • Catalant pioneered Consulting 2.0 at Harvard Business School in 2013.
  • Network features 100k consultants averaging 19+ years experience.
  • Curates experts from top firms and successful corporations.

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Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off

13 company holidays + a week off from Christmas through New Years

Twelve weeks of paid parental leave

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

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

0%
Precision Medicine Online
Nov 13th, 2024
McKesson Bets on Cell, Gene Therapy Products as it Corrals Services in New Business Unit

And Catalant, a contract development and manufacturing organization, last year launched a case management program to coordinate and provide oversight into supply chain logistics for cell and gene therapy developers.

Goldfinch Partners
Mar 1st, 2022
Gocatalant received financing of $35M in additional funding on Mar 1st 22'.

Catalant Technologies today announced the close of $35 million of additional funding from its Series E equity round and expansion of its existing debt facility to scale its product offering and expand into new global markets.

SJF Ventures
Oct 15th, 2021
SJF Ventures invests into Go Catalant

In the placement space, SJF Ventures has made investments in Jopwell and Catalant, and in up-skilling, SJF Ventures has backed Springboard and Interplay.

The Business Journals
Apr 1st, 2021
After $35M fundraise, Catalant Technologies to hit breakeven in months, says CEO

The news of the fundraise comes about two years after Catalant closed another $35 million investment led by Goldfinch Partners, which closed in June 2019 and was announced a few months later.

SJF Ventures
Mar 30th, 2021
Go Catalant received financing of $35M in investment on Mar 30th 21'.

Catalant Technologies today announced the closing of a $35 million investment, led by the Morningside Group, to meet increased demand as more companies choose high-end freelancers over traditional consulting firms.