Full-Time
Associate – Private Equity
Catalant
201-500 employees
Marketplace for on-demand business consulting
Compensation Overview
$90k - $120k/yr
Boston, MA, USA
Hybrid
Boston headquarters; hybrid work model.
Bachelor's
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Salesforce 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
201-500
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$167.8M
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2013
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- On August 19, 2026, Catalant named Tye Howell to scale private equity growth.
- May 21, 2026 CFO Christina Spade signals investor-grade financial discipline and expansion.
- Catalant's June 2026 publishing push keeps its brand visible around AI and consulting disruption.
What critics are saying
- Accenture and legacy firms are copying outcome-focused consulting, pressuring Catalant's pricing.
- Marketplace liquidity depends on expert supply; weaker client demand quickly reduces consultant engagement.
- If AI compresses advisory work further, Consulting 2.0 becomes a thinner services wrapper.
What makes Catalant unique
- Catalant serves three-quarters of top 100 private equity firms, per August 2026.
- Pat Petitti's Consulting 2.0 bundles purpose-fit teams, not generic hourly consultants.
- Catalant's Practice Community combines former operators and elite-firm alumni for rapid deployment.
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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
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↓ -4%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.
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.
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 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.
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.