VP Corporate Development

Generac; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac seeks a Vice President of Corporate Development to shape and accelerate the company’s growth through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments. This executive will set strategy, advise senior leadership and the Board, and strengthen the function with scalable processes and strong cross-functional partnership across Generac’s global organization.

The role leads end-to-end execution, develops investment theses, and oversees integration and risk management.

Qualifications

• Ten years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions, including evaluation and diligence of targets, due diligence and integration.
• Fifteen years’ experience in corporate development, business strategy, investment banking or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize enterprise-level corporate development strategy aligned with long-term growth and value creation objectives.
• Lead end-to-end transaction execution including target identification, valuation, diligence, negotiation, structuring, and closing.
• Oversee integration strategy and execution in partnership with business leaders and finance.
• Evaluate and execute divestitures and strategic exits within portfolio management.
• Identify and execute strategic minority and venture investments and structured investments.
• Maintain relationships across investment banks, private equity and industrial ecosystems.

Skills

M&A Experience

Financial Modeling

Cross-functional Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Executive Communication

AI in Processes

Due Diligence

Valuation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Generac is seeking a Vice President of Corporate Development to shape and accelerate the company’s next phase of growth. This enterprise leadership role will set and execute the corporate development strategy across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic investments, and emerging growth opportunities, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and the Board.

Beyond leading complex transactions, this executive will continue to strengthen and evolve the Corporate Development function, bringing greater rigor, scalable processes, and strong cross-functional partnership across Generac’s global, multi-segment organization.

Major Responsibilities

Strategy & Enterprise Leadership:

• Partner with executive leadership to define and prioritize enterprise-level corporate development strategy aligned with Generac’s long-term growth and value creation objectives
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team on inorganic growth, strategic alternatives, strategic investment and portfolio optimization alternatives
• Be a leader of the Corporate Development function; enhancing processes, driving governance, building cross-functional relationships

M&A And Investment Execution:

• Lead end-to-end transaction execution including target identification, valuation, diligence, negotiation, structuring, and closing
• Develop investment theses, strategic rationales, and scenario-based recommendations for complex transactions
• Oversee integration strategy and execution in partnership with business leaders, finance, legal, compliance, and operations-driving value realization in a highly matrixed environment
• Evaluate and execute divestitures and strategic exits as part of broader portfolio management
• Identify and execute strategic minority and venture investments and structured investments (public and private)
• Maintain strong, established relationships across the investment bank, private equity and industrial eco-system
• Represent Generac externally in M&A discussions and negotiations with credibility and discipline
• Partner closely with legal, compliance, and finance teams to assess and manage financial, operational, regulatory, and reputational risk across the transaction lifecycle

Team Development & Culture:

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing corporate development team with clear roles, accountability, and succession planning
• Maintain and enhance existing M&A processes, analytical rigor, and bring best practice tools to support enterprise-level execution
• Lead with an enterprise mindset in a purpose-driven, values-based organization

Strategic Planning:

• Support enterprise strategic planning process by serving as a business group resource to support strategy planning
• Support business group level staff to act as a “consultant” to improve efficiency of process and final output
• Responsible for continuously improving processes and tool sets to allow for business group consistency & success as well as supporting Enterprise Level strategic objectives and their communication strategy

Education

Work Experience

• Ten years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions, including evaluation and diligence of acquisition targets, due diligence and integration.
• Fifteen years’ experience working in a corporate/business development, business strategy, investment banking or consulting environment.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to effectively operate across a highly matrixed enterprise with multiple business presidents and core function leaders.
• Strong quantitative skill set with experience leading and teaching financial modeling including general financial analysis
• Proven track record of successfully managing shifting deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated communication skills, including higher level, well organized and persuasive corporate presentations, and group facilitation abilities.
• Deep knowledge of transaction documentation
• Ability to organize, prioritize and execute multiple projects at the same time
• Capable of deep strategic thinking with very strong quantitative and qualitative analytic abilities and creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong knowledge and use of AI in day-to-day processes

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in finance, accounting, economics, or business.
• Master of Business Administration

Work Experience

• Previous investment banking experience.
• Valid Driver’s License and the ability to travel up to 50% of the time both domestically and internationally