Vice President, M&A Origination

CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omnichannel retail. We acquire iconic brands and transform them with Genesis, our 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, our portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and others that serve as real-world innovation labs.

Reports to: Executive Leadership

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 we look and why, build the relationships that produce proprietary opportunities, and surface businesses we would never have seen through a standard process.

Within your 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. You will work on a small, senior team where the person who found the deal is in the room when we decide to pursue it.

This is a lean team. You will own a lot, move fast, and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.

• 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.
• Develop and defend a clear point of view on your sectors, including market trends, consolidation dynamics, buyer landscape, and clearing multiples.
• Scale the acquisition funnel by maintaining a current, comprehensive picture of target markets so no relevant business transacts without CSC knowing about it.
• Shape how coverage is divided across the origination team and how the function is structured, resourced, and measured as it grows.

• Source proprietary opportunities directly from owners, founders, and management teams before a formal process exists.
• Build and systematize the intermediary network—investment banks, corporate development teams, brokers, lenders, specialty‑finance firms, and restructuring advisors—so CSC is the first call when an asset comes to market.
• Represent CSC credibly in conversations with owners, boards, and advisors, articulating what we would do with the business, what happens to their team, and why our offer will hold.

• 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 your deals through close—remain the relationship owner, step into the deal process wherever you add leverage, and contribute to deal documents as they take shape.
• Maintain pipeline discipline and reporting—coverage, conversion, activity, and relationship status—using modern sourcing, CRM, and AI tooling to extend reach.

• Design and run referral and external advisor programs so sourcing capacity scales faster than headcount.
• Develop junior origination talent and set the standard for how origination is executed across CSC.

• 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…