Gyurgitsa Kostadinova

Business Development Executive

Bulgaria16 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 105% quota attainment in 2023.
  • Signed the largest Sitefinity customer in history.
  • Led strategic growth across key enterprise markets.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B SaaS sales leader with extensive experience in account management and strategic partnerships.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PlanningBusiness StrategyAccount ManagementChannel SalesPartner Management

Other Skills

Presentation SkillsAccount PlanningCustomer RetentionClient RelationsReseller/VAR NetworksService Delivery PartnersCRMBusiness AnalysisCase ManagementBanking SoftwareGap AnalysisComplianceTelecommunications BillingManagementOracle

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Progress

2 roles

DX Key Accounts Team Lead

Promoted

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Driving strategic alignment, account-driven growth, and performance optimization across the DX Key Accounts team, with a focus on enterprise clients in EMEA and North America.
  • Led sales initiatives aligned with global revenue and expansion goals to drive scalable, strategic growth across key markets.
  • Built and expanded customer relationships, deepening engagement with high-value accounts and accelerating ecosystem growth.
  • Defined and monitored KPIs to ensure consistent performance tracking, accountability, and data-driven optimization.
  • Cultivated strong, senior-level relationships with C-level executives across Fortune 500 companies, influencing long-term partnership strategies.
  • Directed cross-functional collaboration across Product, Marketing, and Professional Services teams to deliver integrated solutions for complex accounts.
  • Mentored Key Account Managers (KAMs) and Inside Account Managers (AMs), fostering a high-performance culture rooted in transparency, accountability, and growth.
Strategic PlanningBusiness Strategy

Senior Enterprise Account Manager

Jan 2022Jan 2025 · 3 yrs

  • I support my customers achieve their sustainable business goals while exploring new revenue growth opportunities and delivering state-of-the-art total customer experience.
  • I manage the most strategic accounts in Progress DX business unit including international Fortune top 100 companies and public global organizations part of the United Nations.
  • Key accomplishments:
  • Signed the biggest Sitefinity customer within the 20-year product history. Making it the biggest among all 5083 clients across the world.
  • 48% YoY account revenue growth
  • 2023: Highlights 105% quota attainment
  • 2022: Highlights 111% quota attainment
Strategic PlanningBusiness StrategyPresentation SkillsAccount ManagementAccount PlanningCustomer Retention+1

Scalefocus

Senior Sales Executive

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Supporting large business organizations through their digital transformation journey through delivering exceptional IT consultancy and development services.
  • Responsible for the key accounts portfolio in Europe with main focus in the energy and utilities industry sector.

Software group

Partners Account Manager

Jan 2017Jan 2020 · 3 yrs

  • Develops and manages a network of strategic partners focusing on Core Banking System vendors and Complimentary solution providers partner accounts
  • Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned partner accounts
  • Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship
  • Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned partner accounts
  • Coordinates the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet partner performance objectives and partners’ expectations
  • Manages potential channel conflict with other firm sales channels by fostering excellent communication internally and externally, and through strict adherence to channel rules of engagement.
  • Leads solution development efforts that best address client needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company and partner personnel
  • Designing Partner Onboarding programs
  • Designing and Implementing channel marketing plans in collaboration with the marketing team
Channel SalesPartner ManagementReseller/VAR NetworksService Delivery Partners

Honeywell aerospace

Customer Care Manager

Jun 2015Jan 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Client account and project management:
  • o Manages internal resources for the flawless execution of projects
  • o Defines project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
  • o Applies appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
  • o Product owner accountable for analyzing client’s requirements and researching future market needs in order to enhance overall product competitiveness
  • o Succeeds in distribution of time and resources in accordance with the project schedule in order to meet both clients‘ and internal organizational agreements and standards
  • o Holds regular client meetings and deliver presentations to inform the clients about product new features
  • o Handles client escalations
  • Client relationship management:
  • o Assures client’s needs are met and aligned with internal company priorities
  • o First point of contact between the client and the software provider company regarding new requests, issues etc.
  • o Responsible for all billing activities between the client and the company (service charges, discounts, Change Requests estimates etc.)
  • o Able to convey through positive language different project impediments to the client
  • Customers include: Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa Group, Air Transat, Etihad Airways, Japan Airways, Thomas Cook Group, Monarch Airlines, as well as Aer Lingus, Air Baltic, Air Berlin, Belair Airlines, Cargolux Airlines, CityJet, Condor, DFS (German ATC), Etihad Airways, Europe Airpost, Finnair, Germanwings, KLM Cityhopper, LOT Polish Airlines, Wideroe, and others.

Amdocs

CRM Billing Solutions Consultant

Oct 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Leads the process of gathering customers requirements regarding the implementation and delivery of CRM projects, main focus on Case Management, Customer Self-Service Portals, and Kenan Billing System
  • Personally responsible for the User Acceptance Testing process in order to verify the level of customer satisfaction from the delivered software solutions within the cost and time frame agreed
  • Responsible for identifying, analyzing, measuring and managing project risks
  • Escalates issues and area of concern to the senior management
  • Executing training sessions with customer representatives

Kbc bank bulgaria

Senior Business Analyst

Sep 2009Oct 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Takes active participation in the enforcement of both international bank projects (Mantas, Basel II, Hot Scan, Know Your Customer etc.) and custom development initiatives (T24 Online Searching Application, Standing Order for Term Deposits Project, CRM Upgrade Project, Marketing Segregation Projects etc.) implemented in eight different banks in Europe and Africa (NBG London, United Bulgarian Bank, NBG Egypt, NBG Cyprus, Banca Romaneasca (Romania), Vojvodjanska Banka (Serbia), Stopanska Banka (Macedonia) and NBG Albania
  • Leads data migration process for customer, account and deposit data for NBG UK
  • Engages in upgrades of T24 latest releases accommodating custom bank requirements within core functionalities
  • Performs GAP analysis verifying that the customer needs are fully covered

Education

University of Nationational and World Economy

Master's degree — Economics

Jan 2005Jan 2010

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