Associate, Industrials

Catalant • Boston, MA

1d • $90,000 - $120,000

About The Position

As an Associate within Catalant’s Industrials Client Community, you will support clients, consultants, and the broader Catalant team throughout the go-to-market lifecycle. The Client Community team is focused on business growth, strategic partnerships, and new opportunities for clients. The role involves identifying talent needs through proactive outreach, matching consultants to client requirements, vetting and coaching consultants, and managing key projects and processes. It offers a path toward more senior positions in sales and client management.

Catalant describes its solution as “Consulting 2.0”: purpose-fit, fast, flexible, and fair-value consulting for private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies, powered by AI and expert experience.

Requirements

• 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 the ability to overcome basic objections.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to quickly build relationships and trust with outside consultants.
• Prior experience with business development outreach to warm and cold leads, or interest and capacity to learn.

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce experience.

Responsibilities

• Author and post project descriptions that help consultants assess whether they are suited to client needs.
• Review and vet consultant profiles and create shortlists for client review.
• Search LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms for niche expertise.
• Prepare and coach consultants for client interviews and proposal development, and provide post-interview feedback.
• Research client prospects to identify potential buyers and monitor target customers for buying signals.
• Contact prospective clients by email, LinkedIn, and phone to generate interest and introductory calls.
• Assess and qualify leads, conduct discovery, and uncover opportunities where Catalant’s expert network can address client needs.
• Drive the expert review and interview process, including scheduling, progress tracking, and escalating delays.
• Advise and coach clients and experts on using the Catalant platform.
• Review expert pitches, full proposals, and pricing for quality and potential risks.
• Monitor active consulting engagements and identify extension opportunities in partnership with expert consultants.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off.
• 13 company holidays plus a week off from Christmas through New Year’s.
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of how employees choose to grow their family.
• Generous health insurance coverage, with optional vision and dental insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Pre-tax commuter and flexible spending accounts.
• Lifestyle spending account for cell phone, internet, commuting, and learning and development.
• Wellness stipend for mental, emotional, or physical well-being needs and support.
• Work-from-home stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level