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Director, M&A Origination

CSC Generation· Finance
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Hybrid (Los Angeles, California), Hybrid (Austin, Texas), Hybrid (Salt Lake City, UT)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Director, M&A Origination responsible for building and owning CSC Generation's acquisition funnel, sourcing proprietary opportunities, cultivating intermediary relationships, and presenting actionable deals to the investment team. Hybrid, multiple locations in LA, Austin, or Salt Lake City.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the acquisition funnel end to end—map the universe of target companies across focus markets, maintain current coverage, and ensure CSC is informed of relevant transactions.
  • Segment target universe, run structured outreach cadences, and sustain multi-year cultivation relationships.
  • Maintain pipeline discipline and reporting—coverage, conversion, activity, and relationship status.
  • Originate proprietary opportunities by engaging directly with owners, founders, and management teams before formal processes exist.
  • Expand intermediary network across investment banks, brokers, lenders, specialty-finance firms, and restructuring advisors to ensure CSC is the first call when assets come to market.
  • Leverage sourcing platforms (DealCloud, Grata, Sourcescrub, Affinity, Apollo, and equivalents) and AI tooling to extend coverage.
  • Screen opportunities against investment criteria, build initial commercial case, and make recommendations to pursue or pass.
  • Remain the relationship owner through close on originated deals; participate in deal process where adding leverage while origination remains primary.
  • Represent CSC credibly with owners, boards, and advisors; articulate value proposition of acquisitions and team treatment.
  • Manage referral and external advisor networks to scale sourcing capacity faster than headcount.

Qualifications

  • 6–10 years in private equity, investment banking, or comparable principal-investing with business development or deal origination as a major component.
  • Track record of sourcing and closing proprietary or limited-process transactions you personally found, cultivated, and advanced.
  • Established relationships across bankers, brokers, lenders, and middle-market advisors with ability to open doors.
  • Investing acumen to size a business, read capital structures, and assess if opportunity is worth pursuing.
  • Ability to build a funnel from scratch and sustain long cultivation cycles.
  • Fluency with sourcing and CRM platforms (DealCloud, Grata, Sourcescrub, Affinity, Apollo, or equivalents) and comfort using AI tooling.
  • Ability to manage a pipeline quantitatively (coverage, conversion, activity).
  • High ownership mindset with willingness to travel regularly to targets, lenders, advisors, and industry events.

Skills

Required:Sourcing & OriginationRelationship Building

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits: paid time off, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision, and supplemental policies.
  • Employee discounts across Brand portfolio.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About CSC Generation

AI Native Retail Future: Commerce AGI

CSC Generation is the AI-native retail holding company. We modernize iconic brands with data, automation and our Genesis platform to build the future of Commerce AGI.

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