Maryna Khobotova

Business Development Team Lead

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

About

Experienced in business development, payments, and consulting. I began my career at BDO, where I advanced from Administrator to Consultant, managing a team of 6 colleagues and delivering industry and market analysis. I then transitioned into business development at Yesim, a global telecom project, where I managed strategic partnerships. At PayProcc, I worked as an International Payments Consultant, helping merchants implement payment solutions. Currently, as Senior Business Development Manager at Upstars, I lead partner relations, drive product development, and negotiate key contracts.

Experience

  • UPSTARS (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Business Development Team Lead
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Senior Business Development Manager
      Jul 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

      - Establishment and maintaining strategic relationships with partners - Collaboration on product development to meet market demands - Leading contract negotiations - Identifying new market opportunities and potential partnerships - Analyzing market trends and competitor activities - Representing the company in meetings and industry events

  • Business Development Manager at Yesim
    Dec 2021 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    - Developed and managed strategic partnerships - Identified and pursued new business opportunities to drive growth - Collaborated with internal teams to ensure alignment between partnership goals and product offerings - Led contract negotiations with partners to ensure mutually beneficial terms - Conducted market research to identify emerging trends and competitive positioning

  • International Payments Consultant at PayProcc
    Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 · 9 mos

    - Established relationships with partners across various regions - Managed the full communication cycle with customers - Analyzed customers needs and recommended appropriate solutions

  • Business Analyst at Deep Knowledge Analytics
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 · 9 mos

    - Organization and managing all phases of the project to ensure on-time delivery and high quality - Communication on the technical tasks with analytics and IT-experts - Preparation of requests for proposals and conducting meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products - Controlling, managing, and developing Longevity Industry Analytics and DeepTech Analytics in the form of reports, interactive charts, online platforms, websites, databases, dashboards, and advanced infographics

  • BDO Centers LLC (2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Consultant
      Nov 2020 - Apr 2021 · 6 mos

      – Prepare Executive Briefings, Point of Views, Go-to-Market Strategies, Company Profiles, Business Studies – Conduct industry and market research, trends analysis – Gather and analyse information, formulate, and test hypotheses, develop and communicate findings

    • Junior Consultant
      Jul 2020 - Nov 2020 · 5 mos

      – Performing project lead duties, responsibility for the quality of documents, research and problem solving – Handling performed research to prepare business cases, profiles, reviews, company and sectors analysis: company research and industry-specific, macro-economic research – Developing integrated business analyses; interpreted, evaluated and interrelated research data – Conducting research and analysis projects, companies and sectors analysis: company research and industry-specific, macro-economic research

    • Analyst
      Aug 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr

      – Responsibility for research and problem-solving in a primarily English-speaking or German-speaking environment – Gathering and analysing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating findings – Conducting research and analysis projects in service of clients – Companies and sectors analysis: company research and industry-specific, macro-economic research