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# Client Partner, Consumer at Catalant

- **Company:** Catalant
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Compensation:** $250k–$350k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gocatalant/dbe09b87-b636-4e01-bb70-ece66754dd75

## Job description

About Catalant: As the pioneer of Consulting 2.0, Catalant gives the world’s leading companies on-demand access to a community of highly vetted independent consultants and former operators. Together, we deliver strategic solutions that solve our clients’ most important challenges through flexible and fit-to-purpose consulting engagements. Growing rapidly over the last 10 years, our client base now includes more than 30% of the Fortune 500, top private equity firms, and a range of other organizations seeking independent, external perspectives and professional expertise to help their businesses grow and succeed.

We’ve reimagined consulting for today’s world: it’s digitally enabled and powered by the insights and capabilities of over 100,000 seasoned professionals drawn from leading consultancies and global businesses Our consultants offer clients a competitive edge: actionable insights and hands-on support from leaders who have successfully solved similar problems before. Our business is lean, agile, and optimized to deliver best-in-class value in a way that disrupts how executives think about consulting.

Backed by world-class venture investors, we’re building the team that will take Catalant and the future of consulting to the next level.

Role Overview: As a Client Partner, you will be an integral part of the growth within a targeted portfolio of named accounts within the Consumer vertical with a particular focus on CPG.

Working within your specific community, you will work to expand the presence of Catalant experts across multiple departments, managing the entire sales cycle from lead generation to deal conversion and project extensions.

With your deep understanding of Catalant’s offerings and your expertise in the Consumer industry, you will serve as a trusted advisor to your clients, identifying and promoting tailored solutions that address their most pressing business challenges. As a collaborative team player, you will own deals end-to-end and partner closely with Associates and senior practice leaders to "hunt as a team".

## What you'll do

- Design a comprehensive engagement plan that includes high-value stakeholders, communication strategies, and activities to deepen the relationship over time.

- Engage with clients early in their planning phases to position Catalant as a key enabler in successfully executing their strategic initiatives.

- Develop customized consulting solutions and expert talent that align with the client's strategic goals across diverse project types (e.g., AI, Commercial Excellence, Supply Chain, Business Transformation). Present these solutions in a way that highlights Catalant’s unique value proposition.

- Position yourself as a strategic advisor and problem-solving partner to senior executives at the client including the C-level executives and VPs.

- Engage additional departments across the organization including common consulting buyers (corporate strategy, operations leadership, supply chain, procurement, CTO/CIO, and more).

- Maintain a robust pipeline of potential projects and track them through all stages of the sales cycle.

- Work closely and collaboratively with Associates to match expert talent to project needs.

- For strategic projects, directly engage with Catalant experts to vet, prepare, and advise.

- Ensure experts are well-prepared for interviews and proposal development by providing them with a clear set of client needs and preferences.

- Manage externally and internally facing summaries of Catalant work at assigned accounts to help communicate the value we are creating as well as monitor that the work is going well.

- Build productive partnerships with internal stakeholders across Catalant, acting as a collaborative member of the Consumer team.

## What you'll bring

- Bachelor’s degree required.

- 10+ years of experience in sales, professional services, or consulting.

- Knowledge of and experience in the Consumer space (particularly CPG)..

- Expertly capable of building a successful pipeline and book of business.

- Excellent presentation and communication skills (both written and verbal).

- Ability to engage clients at all levels.

- Ability to hit the ground running; having a network and deep understanding of the client community is a must.

- Passion for helping business professionals solve their complex business problems.

- Thrive in a highly entrepreneurial, dynamic, and results-driven environment.

## 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.

## About Catalant

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Catalant is a Boston-based marketplace and SaaS platform that connects enterprises with a curated community of highly experienced independent consultants and consulting firms, a model it calls "Consulting 2.0."
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; specific funding stage not disclosed in cited sources)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founded**: 2013 (born at Harvard Business School)
- **Founders**: Pat Petitti (CEO & Co-Founder); co-founded at Harvard Business School — additional co-founder names are not listed in the cited sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Professional services / on-demand consulting marketplace; technology-enabled talent platform (the "future of work" / agile talent space)
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise — Fortune 500 companies, top private equity firms, and leading professional services firms
- **Mission or purpose**: To give business leaders direct, fast access to senior-level independent consultants and operators who have already solved their exact business challenge, while giving experienced experts the autonomy to thrive in modern, agile work. Catalant emphasizes replacing legacy "Big Consulting" bureaucracy with speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency.

## Products & Services
- **Catalant Enterprise Platform**: A SaaS platform providing custom implementation, compliance and worker-classification capabilities, contracting, reporting tools, and high-touch, white-glove support for enterprises deploying agile talent.
- **Consulting 2.0 Solutions**: On-demand access to seasoned consultants and operators for high-impact business problems; focus areas include **Digital & AI** (embedding advanced analytics and artificial intelligence into operations) and **Professional Services** (subject-matter experts with Fortune 500 operator or elite consultancy backgrounds).
- **Catalant Expert Community**: A curated global community of independent consultants and operators — average 20+ years of experience — who are matched to projects via the platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: 
  - **30%** of the Fortune 500 trust Catalant
  - **700+** businesses empowered in over 20 countries
  - **16K+** projects completed on the platform
  - **85 total employees** (per BuiltIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The company states it has "backing from some of the world's top venture capital firms," though specific investors are not named in the cited sources. Partners/customers include Fortune 500 companies, top PE firms, and leading consultancies.
- **Growth Signals**: Expansion of Digital & AI consulting offerings; active hiring across Sales, Consulting, Finance, and Marketing; platform has scaled to 700+ businesses across 20+ countries with 16K+ completed projects.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Senior-only talent pool**: Average consultant has 20+ years of experience and backgrounds spanning Fortune 500 companies and elite consulting firms — a clear contrast to legacy firms' "pyramid staffing" with junior analysts.
- **Built-in compliance and reporting**: The platform handles worker classification, contracting, and reporting — removing key friction points for enterprise agile-talent adoption.
- **Speed and flexibility at scale**: Fast deployment and flexible engagement models compared to big-firm bureaucracy and rigid staffing.
- **Strong brand trust**: 30% of the Fortune 500 and top PE firms use Catalant for critical business problems.

## Strategic Focus
- **Digital & AI services**: Scaling innovation and streamlining operations by embedding advanced analytics and artificial intelligence into client organizations.
- **Platform growth**: Continuing to strengthen the industry-leading technology platform and growing the team to "take Catalant to the next level."
- **Talent network expansion**: Growing the community of independent experts to serve enterprise demand across more geographies and competencies.

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid & remote culture**: Headquartered in Boston with a flexible hybrid model — local employees typically come in about once a week; many roles are fully remote across the US.
- **Notable benefits**: Unlimited PTO, Health Savings Account, Pre-Tax Transit, CataWell wellness program, Parental Leave, Flexible Schedule, and Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance.
- **Culture & values**: Core values include being a "Force-Multiplier," collaborating with trust, giving real-time feedback, maintaining a growth mindset, and uncompromising integrity.
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Active ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) and an Inclusion & Diversity Council; commitment to creating a workplace where employees from different backgrounds "feel they belong."
- **Small-team environment with scale**: At ~85 employees, new hires can have meaningful impact while working with a platform already trusted by a significant share of the Fortune 500.

## Sources
1. [catalant.com/careers](https://catalant.com/careers/)
2. [catalant.com](https://catalant.com/)
3. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/gocatalant)
4. [catalant.com/about](https://catalant.com/about/)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/catalant-technologies)

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