Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D)
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Tobias W.
Last position:
CEO & Fouder at Wittbix
Werner P.
Last position:
Industrial Innovation & Digital Product Advisory at VarionImpact
I help industrial companies in strategy and implementation of digital products.
I work with companies that see software, automation, and connected systems as core drivers of growth or are in the process of becoming exactly that. I help organizations turn technological potential into market-relevant solutions by aligning strategy, product thinking, and execution.
My work sits at the intersection of industry expertise, software, and business impact.
Thorsten O.
Last position:
Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller) at Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.
Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Process management.
Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.
Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.
Variance analyses at program level.
Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).
Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.
Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.
Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.
Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.
Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.
Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.
Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).
Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.
Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.
Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.
Franziska K.
Last position:
Business Analyst at ALH Group
VALUE ADDED:
The structured analysis and further development of business requirements and processes is driving the modernization of contract administration in a focused manner. Complex business matters and dependencies are made transparent, optimization potential is identified, and transferred into scalable solution approaches that enable as much straight-through processing as possible. This creates clearer and more efficient processes as well as reliable decision-making and implementation foundations for business departments, architecture, and development.
- Development of business requirements and processes for the further development and modernization of contract administration
- Creation and further development of business concepts, process descriptions, and decision-making documents for implementing new and optimized processes
- Analysis of existing processes and identification of optimization potential to simplify and scale processes
- Structuring of complex business matters in a dynamic project environment to ensure transparency and traceability for all involved
- Identification and clarification of business dependencies and interfaces, especially in interaction with adjacent systems and departments
- Contribution to business target models and development of solution approaches for new, scalable processes that also enable straight-through processing
- Leadership and moderation of business workshops to coordinate and further develop requirements with internal stakeholders from business departments, architecture, and development
- Prioritization of business topics and requirements for targeted implementation
- Support with testing, reviews, and quality assurance, including the creation and coordination of business test cases to verify the implemented solutions
- Use of SharePoint and Kanban to document and manage tasks
Christian W.
Last position:
EHF.at
- Further development and ongoing maintenance of the existing WordPress site for EHF.at to revamp the responsive design and improve usability on mobile devices.
- Integration of WooCommerce into the existing site for full e-commerce functionality and digitization of the team sports apparel sales process.
- Implementation and configuration of an automated newsletter system to strengthen customer loyalty through regular updates and personalized offers.
- Ongoing maintenance including regular updates, performance optimizations, and security checks to keep the site up-to-date and functional.
- Project-related technical activities: PHP, CSS, and JavaScript.
Daniel N.
Last position:
Strategy Advisor · Interim & Fractional Executive · Board Member DSIM at DriveDelta GmbH
Strategy needs rhythm. Continuous strategic guidance for industrial & technology leaders — turning strategic priorities into real progress.
Selected Impact:
- EV infrastructure rollout strategy — hypothesis-driven business & monetization model launched, > €80M cost savings, 30+ stakeholders engaged. Wolfsburg, DE
- Interim project lead, 200 HC — site alignment & new working model; +15% efficiency via faster decisions and reduced R&D spend. Frankfurt / Switzerland / Turin / USA / UK
- Automotive Updateability Framework — strategic, use-case-driven concept aligned across 10 brands and ~50 management stakeholders in 30+ workshops. Berlin / Munich, DE
- AI-readiness for R&D & SME transformation — benchmarked AI solutions, RACI & agile sales process, target operating model with top-management alignment. Berlin / Stuttgart, DE
Yusuf D.
Last position:
Senior Project Management Transformation & Data at BG-PREVENT
Nationwide service provider for occupational medicine, occupational safety, and health management with a focus on prevention, health, and digital transformation.
- Role: Responsible for building and further developing professional project portfolio management in the area of Digital Transformation & Data. Steering and supporting strategic IT and transformation projects as well as supporting the introduction and establishment of project management standards, methods, and governance structures.
Focus areas:
- Build-up and further development of IT project portfolio management
- Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements
- Steering and coordination of cross-functional IT initiatives
- Stakeholder management at business, management, and service provider level
- Introduction and further development of project management methods and tools (including Jira, Confluence, MS Planner)
- Preparation of decision bases, target visions, and implementation concepts in the context of digital transformation
- Steering and coordination of transformation, digitalization, and organizational projects
- Preparation of decision papers and management documents for steering committees
- Running workshops and stakeholder management with business units and IT teams
- Definition of requirements for dashboards, reporting, and KPI steering
- Support in the project Wissenskompass (requirements analysis and MVP concept)
- Analysis and evaluation of AI support options in knowledge management
- Investigation of AI use cases to improve knowledge provision and use
- Consideration of AI requirements as part of the Wissenskompass concept
- Coordination with strategic business units on the further development of project management standards
- Introduction, configuration, and training of Microsoft Planner to support project and task management
- Conducting user training and supporting employees in the introduction of new ways of working and tools
Lorenz G.
Last position:
Business Analyst at Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
- Conducting a feasibility study on introducing an in-house DWH as a central data source
- Conducting workshops for current state analysis (processes, reports, KPIs) together with the clients
- Gathering and detailing business requirements including a target concept for an in-house DWH
- Coordinating and clarifying data deliveries and interfaces in meetings with stakeholders and data providers
- Developing initial data models as a basis for data quality and later implementation
- Drafting solution variants including architecture and operation options and decision basis
- Creating the business case including effort estimates, cost-benefit analysis, and decision report
Michael R.
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Alfons G.
Last position:
Senior Migration Consultant / Technical Project Lead
Europe-wide re-platforming & centralization
- Independently created the migration concept and implementation plan for the Europe-wide centralization and consolidation of IT services for around 20 European companies as part of a re-platforming program.
- Migration assessment: analysis of the existing IT, infrastructure, application, and service landscapes of the companies as the basis for the migration strategy.
- Development of the centralized target vision and target architecture based on a modern technology stack, taking platform and containerization approaches into account.
- Design of a highly available central infrastructure in an active-active model across two data centers; consideration of cloud, infrastructure, application, CMDB, and IAM services.
- Development of the migration and transformation roadmap, including defining migration waves, dependencies, requirements, and priorities for the move from decentralized services to the central platform.
- Analysis of technical and organizational dependencies, identification of migration risks, and development of a structured approach for step-by-step migration and centralization.
- Creation of target, solution, and implementation views for each service domain; design of the end-to-end join-move-leave process as a blueprint for the European rollout (Jira/Jira Asset Management).
- Alignment of migration strategy and roadmap with European companies, management, IT, providers, and other stakeholders; presentation of the 12-month roadmap to the Managing Director Europe.
Elke Z.
Last position:
Business Consultant, IT Service Provider, System Coach
- Consulting and support for companies in strategic and operational changes to increase efficiency and adaptability
- Leadership coaching: Development and support of executives to strengthen decision-making, team leadership and leadership competencies
- Change management: Design and implementation of change strategies for successful introduction of new processes and structures in digital transformation projects
- Process design: Analysis, optimization and redesign of business processes, including end-to-end process management
- Planning, control and implementation of complex IT projects
- Taking on roles such as Product Owner, Scrum Master and Agile Coach
- Project management and PMO: Managing interdisciplinary teams, resource management and monitoring budgets and schedules
- Requirements engineering and business analysis
- Documentation and release management
- Taking on temporary leadership roles to stabilize and develop teams and business areas
- Employee management: Responsibility for leading and developing teams in challenging phases
- Strategic stabilization through implementation of sustainable measures
- Operational implementation of projects
Matthias L.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at POCTIM Leicht
- Consulting, leading, and contributing to projects for efficiency improvement, restructuring, process improvement, process outsourcing, and cost reduction in production, quality, and logistics
- Interim management, especially in SMEs
- Lean management
- Bridging vacancies
- Management and process consulting as a Lean Trainer
- Technical Project Manager (IPMA Level D)
Jörg H.
Last position:
Interim Sales Director at Frosted Games Spieleverlag GmbH
- Leading and coordinating the sales team (3 people)
- Building (digital) processes, KPIs, and controlling in sales
- Negotiating terms and planning marketing partnerships with key accounts
- Creating forecasts and setting up a CRM system
Lukas S.
Last position:
Interim Product Manager + Managing Director at Produktfreunde GmbH
Dominik D.
Last position:
Software Tester at Sitem-Insel
- Implement, execute and document tests at all levels
- Collaborate on and review test concepts
- Create test specifications
- Assist in setting up the new test environment
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Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 10 Sep 2026.
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Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (72%)
- Professional Services (57%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Banking and Finance (40%)
- Automotive (37%)
- Education (33%)
- Energy (28%)
- Healthcare (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the certification
What the certification means
The Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) is an entry-to-foundation level project management credential from IPMA, often known simply as IPMA Level D. It shows that a professional understands core project management concepts and can work in a structured way inside real projects. In Germany, it is also widely recognized through GPM.
What holders can do
A freelancer with this certificate is usually able to support project work with discipline and consistency.
- Help define project goals and scope
- Support planning, scheduling, and task tracking
- Follow basic risk, issue, and change control routines
- Document progress and keep stakeholders informed
- Work within project governance and team processes
Knowledge behind the certificate
IPMA Level D is not only about terminology. It reflects practical understanding of project methods, people, and context. That includes communication, teamwork, deadlines, quality thinking, and the ability to stay organized when priorities move.
- Project lifecycle and common project roles
- Planning, monitoring, and reporting
- Stakeholder communication
- Scope, time, cost, and quality basics
- Risk awareness and issue handling
Typical profiles
This certification is common among junior project managers, project coordinators, PMO staff, consultants, and specialists who contribute to projects alongside their main expertise. It is a good sign when a company needs someone who can join an existing project quickly and work with established methods. The certificate is also useful for professionals moving into project responsibility from operations, engineering, IT, or business roles.
What it tells a company
A freelancer with IPMA Level D has shown more than general project interest. The profile suggests a person who can follow structured methods, communicate clearly, and support delivery without needing heavy supervision. That matters in project environments where coordination, documentation, and reliable follow-through are important.
When it matters most
The certificate is relevant in projects with many moving parts, several stakeholders, and clear process needs. It can be useful in IT rollouts, change initiatives, product work, operations projects, and cross-functional programs where the freelancer must fit into an existing team quickly. For German-speaking organizations, a GPM or IPMA Level D background can be especially familiar in formal project settings.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D)? Start with the answers below.
Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) proves that the holder understands the basics of professional project management and can apply them in real work. It signals structured thinking, clear communication, and familiarity with core project routines such as planning, tracking, and reporting. For companies, it is a practical sign that the freelancer can support delivery in an organized way.
IPMA Level D is the international project management level, while GPM is the German member organization that issues or supports the certification in Germany. In practice, searchers often use both names when they mean the same credential family. If you see GPM mentioned on a profile, it usually refers to the German context of the IPMA qualification.
Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) is a strong fit for people who work in or around projects and want a recognized entry-level credential. It suits project coordinators, junior project managers, PMO support staff, analysts, consultants, and specialists from other functions who take project responsibility. It is also useful for professionals who want to move from task-based work into structured project work.
IPMA Level D focuses on project management knowledge and the ability to apply basic methods in practice. Higher IPMA levels require deeper leadership, broader responsibility, and more evidence of managing complex project situations. For companies, Level D often means reliable support and coordination, while higher levels point to stronger end-to-end project leadership.
Preparing for Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) usually means studying project management concepts, methods, and the IPMA competence areas in a structured way. Many candidates combine learning with project experience, case practice, and review of terminology and typical situations. The exam path can include written and evidence-based elements, so practical understanding matters as much as theory.
The IPMA Level D route is designed for people who can show project management knowledge, and the exact entry requirements can vary by national body. In general, it is the most accessible IPMA level and does not target senior project leaders. Candidates should still expect to demonstrate a solid grasp of project work, not just pass a theory test.
Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) is part of a certification system that may require maintenance or recertification rules depending on the issuing body. Professionals should check the current requirements with the relevant national organization, especially if they hold the credential through GPM in Germany. Companies should view it as a current professional signal, not just a one-time exam result.
A freelancer with IPMA Level D is a good match for projects that need structure, coordination, and dependable follow-up. That includes IT implementations, process changes, internal transformations, product work, and cross-functional initiatives. The certificate is especially relevant when the person must join an existing team and work within clear project rules.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 938 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D), 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) are German (100%), English (95%), and French (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) are Information Technology (72%), Professional Services (57%), and Manufacturing (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) are Project Management (92%), Information Technology (78%), and Operations (71%).
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