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About the certification

The Foundation of Professional Project Management in Germany

The German project landscape heavily values structured methodologies, and the GPM-administered certification serves as a primary benchmark for project management excellence. Freelance associates holding this credential possess a thorough understanding of the Individual Competence Baseline, which ensures they can seamlessly integrate into established corporate structures. They are equipped with the knowledge needed to support complex project environments and drive execution according to internationally recognized standards.

Validated Competences of IPMA Level D Professionals

These certified specialists are equipped to handle core operational tasks within complex initiatives. They bring structured knowledge to support project managers and drive team alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Defining project boundaries, work breakdown structures, and deliverables.
  • Executing detailed scheduling, resource allocation, and progress tracking.
  • Managing project documentation and supporting internal communications.
  • Identifying project risks and implementing standard mitigation strategies.
  • Supporting conflict resolution and team collaboration within the project group.

Value Delivered to Local Projects in Germany

In Germany, companies rely on these professionals to bridge the gap between strategic planning and daily operations. Whether working on-site in industrial hubs or collaborating remotely, they ensure compliance with standard frameworks. Their presence allows senior project managers to focus on stakeholder management while the operational framework remains highly organized. This structured approach minimizes friction and keeps local initiatives on track.

Ideal Project Scenarios for Level D Associates

These freelance experts are best deployed in large-scale transformations, technical rollouts, or organizational restructurings where rigorous tracking is required. Their standardized training under the national association guidelines means they require minimal onboarding and can immediately adapt to the organization's existing governance models. They act as the reliable backbone of any PMO, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently.

Meet FRATCH Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D)

Gregor Pestsov

Engineering Data Management Project Manager

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Engineering Data Management Project Manager

Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, focusing on workflow digitization, PLM

Gregor Pestsov

Jörg Hopfgarten

Sales Consultant and Interim Manager

Michendorf

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
Jörg Hopfgarten

Antje Gabert

Senior Project and Requirements Manager – B2C Transformation Project

Munich

Last position:

Senior Project and Requirements Manager – B2C Transformation Project at Telefónica Germany

  • Responsible for the holistic integration of partner incentive compensation management in a transformation project to ensure a seamless end-to-end implementation.
  • Overseeing project management and acting as Business Requirement Owner to ensure solutions that meet business needs.
  • Analyzing, documenting, and prioritizing business requirements within a structured requirements management framework.
Antje Gabert

Gor Ohanyan

Senior IT Transformation Consultant and Business Analyst

Berlin

Last position:

Senior IT Transformation Consultant and Business Analyst at Self-employed Consultant

  • Senior IT Transformation Consultant and Business Analyst with a focus on banking and large-scale transformation projects.

  • Many years of experience in analyzing, structuring, and implementing business requirements, as well as designing target states in complex IT landscapes.

  • Strong interface skills between business and IT, with a focus on translating business requirements into workable IT concepts and architectures.

  • Solid experience in designing and improving end-to-end processes, as well as creating business concepts and decision papers.

  • Proven project success in the areas of Identity & Access Management (IAM), post-merger integrations, IT infrastructure, and regulatory requirements.

  • Confident in working with agile methods and artifacts.

Gor Ohanyan

Christine Wagner

Project management / project support for REXX HR system implementation

Samerberg

Last position:

People Process & Digitalization Specialist at TÜV SÜD Customer Engagement and People GmbH

  • Analysis, redesign, and rollout of HR core processes across the entire employee lifecycle
  • Interface management between HR, IT, and multiple business units in a complex corporate environment
  • Support for cultural change processes with a focus on mindset shifts and cross-department collaboration
Christine Wagner

Matthias Flöter

Agile Coach / Agile Project Management

Timmendorfer Strand

Last position:

Agile Coach / Agile Project Management at e.kundenservice Netz GmbH (E.ON)

  • Coaching and training of 6 agile Scrum teams
  • Taking on the role of Solution Coach (leading 6 agile teams)
  • Advising and coaching the program management and the Tribe Leads incl. roadmap, program, and risk control
  • Implementation of the risk strategy
  • Integration and establishment of agile methods in combination with the Spotify and SAFe model
  • Moderation of agile events and communication of agile values and methods
  • Development and implementation of team development processes
  • Mentoring internal Agile Coaches in the Agile Chapter
Matthias Flöter

Sebastian Seek

Consultant for Secure Coding & Process Setup in line with DORA

Lauffen am Neckar

Last position:

Consultant for Secure Coding & Process Setup in line with DORA at SEMTOS GmbH

  • Analysis of the regulatory requirements from the DORA regulation

  • Structured derivation of the necessary measures for development & operations

  • Setup of an organization-wide Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)

  • Creation of policies, documentation, and governance processes

  • Alignment with business, IT, compliance, and governance stakeholders

  • Support in tool selection (including static code analysis, vulnerability management)

  • Setup of a standardized, traceable process for secure software development in line with DORA requirements. The focus was on requirements analysis, policy creation, stakeholder alignment, and structured process design for two independent financial institutions.

  • Methods & tools: regulations (DORA), requirements management, process design, Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, MS Office

Sebastian Seek

Mustafa Kederoglu

Senior Network Design and Engineer

Frankfurt

Last position:

Senior Network Design and Engineer at Helaba

  • Designed and specified the technical network integration of a new business-critical application system (MUREX) in the capital markets area in a complex interface and outsourcing environment.

  • Created component specifications, a catalog of measures and an implementation plan.

  • Ensured proper integration of the developed results in line with the bank’s framework: IT compliance, IT security, change and release management.

  • Selected and integrated a new service provider for the bank; moved critical bank applications to the provider.

  • Designed, implemented and supported the new Cisco network and Fortinet security setup at the service provider data center.

  • Acted as technical interface between the bank, service providers and consulting partners.

  • Supported and further developed the network and security infrastructure (clients, servers, networks); performed error analysis and implemented solutions within agreed service levels.

  • Analyzed and diagnosed all security and network failures, glitches and malfunctions.

  • Initiated continuous improvements to ensure efficient resource use and acceptable response times for users.

  • Provided network support in a financial services organization and prepared operational changes on production banking network infrastructure for both large and small projects within strict change management discipline.

  • Designed, defined, tested, governed and improved engineering standards.

  • Performed the role of network architect for medium to large projects involving team resources.

Mustafa Kederoglu

Lisa Dilg

Transformation Architect Project & Process Management

Karlshuld

Last position:

Transformation Architect Project & Process Management at Dilg GmbH

  • Development of the current-state process with integration of standardized software packages ERP/CRM/BDE/MES

  • GAP analysis including assessment of the technical capabilities of the existing machine park

  • Development of a future-state process to improve efficiency in the execution of customer projects in manufacturing

  • Identification and joint development of solution approaches

  • Tendering and selection process for an ERP system including BDE and MES capture

  • Integration of a tool management system

  • Building customer focus and communication

  • Introduction of a shop floor system in the company

  • Tendering and definition for the procurement of a new measuring machine according to DIN 9001

  • Appointment of key users including training

  • I work with a simple and clear approach that focuses on reviewing current processes, identifying gaps, and designing future states to improve efficiency and support growth.

  • I value open and honest communication, making sure every team member feels empowered and has room to develop their potential.

  • Throughout my career, I have optimized complex workflows in manufacturing, automation, and engineering.

Lisa Dilg

Wolfgang Oswald

Head of Business Development DSS & Digital Ventures

Eching

Last position:

Head of Business Development DSS & Digital Ventures at Krauss Maffei Technologies GmbH

  • Group-wide responsibility for developing new business models, strategic support of corporate start-ups and managing equity in start-ups
  • Direct management of 3 employees
  • Direct reporting line to executive management
  • Business Development: designing and building an information platform on the global machine base and customer sales/margins in the aftersales area based on SAP data, supporting sales planning as part of the budget, advising project teams on profitability calculations
  • Digital Ventures: defining terms, developing processes to generate and develop new business models, operational validation of new business models to expand the group's business areas, strategic support of project teams in implementing new business models, cooperation project with Munich University of Applied Sciences, steering and supporting equity investments in start-ups
Wolfgang Oswald

Tobias Witte

CEO / COO / CTO / Managing Partner / AI Advisor

Oldenburg

Last position:

Member of the board at MPMX

Tobias Witte

Alexander Rautzenberg

IT Consultant

Monheim am Rhein

Last position:

Business Analyst at Financial Services Provider Landesbank

The Helaba ATLAS project aims to modernize core systems and make them future-proof. As part of the subproject, the existing legacy system for international payments is being replaced by a modern web-based application.

  • Analysis of functional and technical requirements
  • Analysis and optimization of business processes
  • Process modeling
  • Preparation and facilitation of workshops
  • Defining project scope and prioritizing requirements
  • Business process management (analysis, modeling, and optimization)
  • Specification of user stories
  • Designing business and authorization concepts
  • Testing and acceptance
  • Designing mockups in Figma
  • Creating the UI/UX style guide for web applications Approach: Scrum (agile) Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Conceptboard, Java, Vaadin, Figma
Alexander Rautzenberg

Orhan Yazar

SAP Senior Consultant OTC/P2P/EWM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce)

Düsseldorf

Last position:

SAP Senior Consultant OTC/P2P/EWM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce) at High-Technologie

  • SAP S/4HANA, OTC, 2nd & 3rd level support, project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private Sales & Services
  • SAP SCM/OTC/P2P/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Private Cloud (Sales, Services), CPI, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), EDI, IDoc, ABAP, user exits, SAP Activate, ITIL, SAP Cloud ALM
  • Support and consulting for integration of SAP ECC into new business areas in SAP S/4HANA
  • Decommissioning legacy systems and implementation of the new harmonized SAP S/4HANA landscape
  • Process optimization in SAP S/4HANA and support for daily requests from business users and key users
  • Project implementation of S/4HANA Private Cloud Sales & Services
  • Responsibility for the SCM stream within the global template
  • Process design with Signavio and creation of Business Process Documents (BPD)
  • Creation of functional design specifications (FS, TS) including interface design and WRICEF objects
  • Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM through SAP customizing
  • Migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud to replace legacy systems and implement a harmonized system landscape
  • SAP BTP & CPI: extension of Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM, optimization of cloud-based services
  • Analysis and evaluation of existing SCM processes in the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud environment
  • Design of integrated solutions in OTC, P2P, EWM, LE and PP including forecasting and capacity planning
  • Extension of transportation processes in SAP TM and SAP LE-TRA to support multimodal transports focusing on rail freight and integration of external rail logistics providers via EDI (VDA, EDIFACT)
  • Consulting on further migration to SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain
  • Functional consulting on developed supply chain processes
  • Management of SAP CCS processes for contract types and bonus agreements
  • Execution and maintenance of distributions and settlement keys
  • Support for integration of transfer rules into the CCS model
  • Documentation of CCS process changes for traceability and compliance
  • Customizing and optimization in OTC: condition maintenance for pricing, materials, freight, customers, price & material groups; extension of sales document types, item categories, credit memos, down payments and prepayments with pricing procedure, condition types, access sequences, condition tables, condition records, billing types, invoice types, item categories, sales document types, reconciliation accounts, tax accounts; integration with FI/CO for accounting and financial closing; bonus settlements; delivery process optimization; configuration of delivery schedule types with account determination; creation of schedule line categories for delivery schedules; maintenance of schedule lines for delivery schedule types; schedule line determination settings such as order date, delivery date, availability check rules, returns etc.
  • Customizing and optimization in P2P: purchase requisitions, purchase orders, document types (reason codes for ordering, rejection and blocking), scheduling agreements and stock transfer schedules; maintenance of material master and vendor master; payment terms; Incoterms; purchasing groups; purchase prices; quota agreements; contracts; purchasing info records; release procedures (characteristics, classes and release strategies); message control; maintenance of vendor master data; assignment of purchasing info records to materials and vendors; configuration of vendor evaluation with weightings; execution and adjustment of material requirements planning processes; creation of detailed functional specifications for P2P processes such as goods receipt (MIGO), goods issue, purchase requisitions and orders; ensuring data quality and master data maintenance in tables such as MARA, LFA1 and LFB1 etc.
  • SAP Fiori: extension and customizing of Fiori apps to improve usability and efficiency; implementation of analytical Fiori apps to monitor KPIs and processes; workflow optimization and UI adaptations for enhanced user experience in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
  • Process modeling in Signavio; optimization and documentation of business processes; workshops and training on process modeling
  • 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, P2P, CS, PS modules (SCM): incident and change tickets; processing, resolution and documentation of SAP user requests; feasibility analysis for change requests; process optimization; service management with SAP CS; Cloud for Customer (C4C) for modern customer service processes; migration of SAP CS to S/4HANA Field Service Management (FSM); use of embedded analytics for service processes
  • Customizing, testing, documentation, training; ensuring integration and collaboration between O2C, P2P and FI/CO modules for supply chain optimization; feasibility analysis; effort estimation; debugging; programming; IDoc and EDI monitoring etc.
  • 2nd & 3rd level support in C4C Sales and Services: opportunities, surveys, user creation and authorizations; extension of Business Technology Platform; enhancement of CPI interface; customization of customer and material master data; orders; quotations; equipment; service notifications; surveys; tasks; PS orders; integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM; ensuring integration and maintenance of MRP processes etc.
  • Responsibility for process analysis and design in export processing, Intrastat and customs management in compliance with international trade regulations (e.g. export control, preference agreements, dual-use)
  • Integration and optimization of Intrastat reporting in SAP SD including maintenance of statistical commodity codes, country of origin, tariff codes etc.
  • Customizing in SAP SD foreign trade (SD-FT/FTT) for customs-relevant fields and processes
  • Coordination and preparation for integration with SAP GTS, including ATLAS reporting, embargo checks, export control and tariff determination
  • Collaboration with customs authorities and logistics providers on export declarations and approval processes
  • Creation of test cases for customs processes, export documents, commercial invoices, export declarations etc.
  • MDG (Master Data Governance): data quality and maintenance of master data in relevant tables (e.g. MARA, LFA1, LFB1); change requests for master data maintenance in O2C/P2P
  • SAP S/4HANA migration: support for migration from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA, including data migration, process optimization and system harmonization; support for global rollouts for subsidiaries in multiple countries; experience in developing SAP templates for global implementations
  • ABAP: development and optimization of programs to extend functionalities in O2C and P2P modules; debugging and troubleshooting; customization and enhancement of user exits for customer-specific requirements; IDoc and EDI monitoring
Orhan Yazar

Mehtap Raue

Project Manager

Hanover

Last position:

Project Manager at MedTech company

Mehtap Raue

Ronny Worm

Software Architect

Würzburg

Last position:

Software Architect at Brose.com

  • Development of an application for process optimisation in productive operation in an air-gapped environment
  • Connecting four different systems with interfaces: REST, SMEMA, MQTT, COM
  • Technologies: Linux, On-Prem, Docker, Python, Bash Scripting
Ronny Worm

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Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) statistics

Typical experience

21 years

Average project duration

2.7 years

Certifications per freelancer

6

Top business areas

Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing

Most common languages

German, English, French

Bachelor's degree or higher

91%

Master's degree or higher

60%

Doctorate

7%

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Daily rate avg. 949 €

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Median rate 920 €

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A freelancer with the Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) has proven their knowledge of the fundamental methods, tools, and personal competences required in project environments. It validates their understanding of project planning, risk management, and quality control.

The IPMA Level D is the entry-level credential focusing primarily on knowledge of project management methods, whereas higher levels such as Level C or Level B require verified experience leading complex projects. It is perfect for professionals who support project leaders or manage smaller sub-projects.

The German certification body, GPM, maintains rigorous standards for this credential, making it a highly respected benchmark among German corporations. Companies in Germany trust it because it guarantees a standardized terminology and methodology for project execution.

While a Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) focuses on supporting roles in large projects, they are fully qualified to manage smaller, less complex projects independently. They excel at ensuring project management standards are met on the operational level.

In Germany, a Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) is often expected to possess strong German language skills because they closely coordinate with internal teams and handle local documentation. However, many working in international tech hubs also operate entirely in English.

The GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement is the official German member association of the International Project Management Association. It administers the exams, ensures local alignment of the standards, and issues the official certificates in Germany.

Freelance IPMA Level D professionals are trained in structured communication and clear reporting. This makes them highly effective in hybrid or fully remote setups, as they use standardized tools to keep all project stakeholders aligned.

Holders of the Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) must undergo a regular recertification process to prove their ongoing professional development. This ensures that the freelance experts you hire remain active in the project management community and up to date with the latest methodologies.

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