Sales & Business Development

Mira Rao

Business Development Executive

Market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities.

Pune, India

Fictional sample · Not a verified candidate record

Professional profile

Business Development Executive with an illustrative 11-year career focused on market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities. Brings together market mapping, partner research and outreach with practical delivery experience. Selected work below shows the problem, my contribution and the handover material rather than unsupported performance claims.

Professional experience

Jul 2022 - Present

Business Development Executive

Asterline Commercial Services

Responsible for scoped market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities work, coordinating the relevant reviewers and delivery partners.

  • Mapped partner capabilities and complementary audiences, then prepared tailored introductions.
  • Collected structured prospect feedback and separated confirmed needs from hypotheses for further testing.
  • Maintained sales motion and made unresolved questions visible before handover.
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

Business Development Executive

Northmere Commercial Services

Supported progressively more complex work in market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities, with a defined review process.

  • Used market mapping and needs discovery on assigned work; recorded decisions so colleagues could understand the approach.
  • Prepared discovery findings and market-entry questions and incorporated specialist feedback before closing the workstream.
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

Sales Associate

Cedarfield Commercial Services

Built foundations through supported assignments, observation and practical feedback.

  • Assisted with partner research and commercial proposals, checking work with an experienced reviewer.
  • Kept organised work records and developed clear handover habits through supervised practice.
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Mira RaoBusiness Development Executive / Continued

Core capabilities

01Market mapping02Partner research03Outreach04Needs discovery05Commercial proposals06CRM

Commercial case studies

01Customer context

Partner opportunity map

The challenge

The team lacked a clear view of potential channel partners.

My contribution

Mapped partner capabilities and complementary audiences, then prepared tailored introductions.

Deliverable Partner shortlist and discussion brief

02Sales motion

New-market discovery

The challenge

Expansion ideas relied on broad market assumptions.

My contribution

Collected structured prospect feedback and separated confirmed needs from hypotheses for further testing.

Deliverable Discovery findings and market-entry questions

Education

2013 - 2015

MBA in International Business

Asterbridge Institute of Professional Studies

Specialist study with a practice focus on market mapping and partner research.

2009 - 2013

Bachelor-level study in the relevant discipline

Cedarhaven College of Applied Studies

Foundation study, practical assignments and supervised learning. Fictional institution and qualification record.

Continuing development

2024

Market mapping - advanced practice workshop

Scenario exercises and peer review in market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities.

2025

Needs discovery - reflective practice seminar

Applied learning reviewed through a bounded example and a written reflection.

Practice notes

Work focus
Market development, partnerships and qualified opportunities
Evidence status
Illustrative work descriptions; no source artefacts attached
Contribution scope
Owned the stated workstream, not all team outcomes

Languages

English - professional working / Hindi - professional working