Vice President, M&A Origination

CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omnichannel retail. It acquires iconic brands and transforms them with Genesis, its operating platform combining a Data Fabric, Automation Engine, proprietary tools, and shared services to modernize operations, elevate customer experience, and expand margins. With $1B+ in revenue across 13 brands, its portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and others.

Location:

Los Angeles, California;
Austin, Texas, or Salt Lake City, UT - Hybrid Required

Acquisitions are how CSC Generation grows, making the front end of the deal pipeline one of the most consequential functions in the company. As Vice President, M&A Origination, you will set the strategy for where to look and why, build the relationships that produce proprietary opportunities, and surface businesses that would never be found through a standard process.

Within the first year, success means a fully built origination engine - defined coverage markets, a growing proprietary pipeline, a systematized intermediary network, and qualified opportunities advancing through the investment process.

• Origination Strategy & Market Coverage:
  Own the origination strategy end to end - size each market, map the universe of companies that fit CSC's acquisition criteria, identify new categories for expansion, and set the bolt-on strategy for existing platforms.
• Deal Sourcing & Relationship Management:
  Source proprietary opportunities directly from owners, founders, and management teams before a formal process exists. Build and systematize the intermediary network of investment banks, corporate development teams, brokers, lenders, specialty-finance firms, and restructuring advisors.
• Qualification, Execution & Pipeline Discipline:
  Screen opportunities against investment criteria, build the initial commercial case, and present a clear recommendation to the investment team with market context, seller motivation, valuation, and risk. Stay with deals through close.

• 10-15 years in private equity, investment banking, or a comparable principal-investing environment with business development or deal origination as a major component of the role.
• Track record of sourcing transactions that closed at volume - proprietary or limited-process deals personally found, cultivated, and advanced.
• Deep, current network across bankers, brokers, corporate development teams, lenders, and advisors in the middle market.
• Investing judgment sufficient to evaluate whether an opportunity is worth pursuing and to defend that view to an investment committee.
• Fluency with sourcing and CRM platforms (Deal Cloud, Grata, Sourcescrub, Affinity, Apollo, or equivalents).

• Experience in consumer, retail, ecommerce, or multi-unit businesses.
• Exposure to carve-outs, distressed, and special-situations transactions.