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Bring in senior service leadership for customer support, service operations, and SLA management. Strong Heads of Service in Germany also cover escalation handling, team coaching, and process redesign, with fast, precise matching to vetted, available freelancers.
About the role
What they lead A Head of Service keeps the service function steady and accountable. The role covers day-to-day service operations, team leadership, service quality, and the link between customers, operations, and management. In many companies this also overlaps with Service Director or Service Operations Manager work.
- Define service goals and ownership
- Manage escalations and service recovery
- Align teams on SLAs, queues, and handovers
- Improve processes, scripts, and reporting
- Support hiring, coaching, and workforce planning
Core skills Strong candidates combine people leadership with operational discipline. They know how to structure service workflows, read service data, and turn recurring issues into fixes. They can work across customer service, field service, shared services, or internal IT service environments.
- Service leadership and team coaching
- SLA and KPI management
- Root-cause analysis and process improvement
- Stakeholder communication across functions
- Change management during growth or reorganization
Typical tools A freelance Head of Service often steps into an environment where tools already exist and need to be made useful. Common systems include CRM, ticketing platforms, knowledge bases, workforce planning tools, and reporting dashboards. In technical service settings, this may also involve ITSM tools and incident or problem management routines.
When companies bring one in Companies hire a freelancer when service quality drops, a team needs interim leadership, or a new setup has to be stabilized fast. It also makes sense during reorganizations, product launches, peak seasons, or after a merger when service lines must be aligned. In Germany, this is often useful for companies that need a senior operator who can work with German-speaking teams and international stakeholders.
What good looks like A strong Head of Service brings structure without slowing the team down. They make priorities clear, keep escalations under control, and improve service through practical changes instead of theory. Look for someone who can speak with customers, motivate managers, and keep operations running under pressure.
Deliverables A freelance assignment should usually end in visible operational output, not only advice.
- Service playbooks and escalation paths
- Team routines and governance cadence
- KPI dashboards and review formats
- Process changes with clear owners
- Handover notes for the next leader
Meet FRATCH Heads of Service
Beate Peters
Interim Head of Service
Last position:
Interim Head of Service at Altendorf Group
- Strategic and operational leadership of the technical service organization
- Improvement of all processes and workflows
- Development and introduction of a service management IT tool incl. AI database, customer app, and self-service portal
Claudio Matteuzzi
Head of Customer Service
Last position:
Head of Customer Service at Bluebrixx.com & MCW.de
Mandate/Responsibilities Complete transformation of a historically evolved, inefficient service organisation into a modern, AI-powered, scalable customer experience unit for two brands.
- Design and implementation of a 5-tier organisational model (AI automation, external front office, bridge team, expert back office, strategic interfaces)
- Development of mentoring programmes, a role matrix and HR master plan for 2026
- Full ownership of the AI strategy: architecture, vendor decisions, licence negotiations, ROI measurement
- Implementation and operational management of AI bot infrastructure (Amira, Copilot, AI Agents)
- Establishment of the Wisebase (Zendesk Knowledge Base) as the single source of truth, serving as the foundation for AI agents and scalability
- System transformation: from Outlook to Zendesk, including process design, skill-based routing and reporting
- Introduction of a 6-KPI system: ticket deflection rate, FRT, FCR, knowledge quality index, backlog ratio, CSAT
- Design of the Service Transformation 2026, including a make-or-buy analysis, vendor comparison and outsourcing roadmap
- Introduction of customer-focused goodwill policies as a measurable cultural shift
- Development of a 3-year digital agenda with a focus on automation and customer retention
Key Achievements
- Team expansion: 7→17 staff through targeted recruitment focusing on a digital mindset
- Backlog reduction: From months to ⌀ 14 days
- Response time: From days to 3 hours
- System migration: Outlook→Zendesk successfully completed
- Processing thousands of tickets in the backlog
Stephan Le Anh
IT Generalist
Last position:
IT Generalist at SThree
- Software packaging and distribution with SCCM/MECM
- Application responsibility and support (50–100 applications)
- Documentation via ticket system
- User management via AD console
- Software updates and distribution
- Maintenance and updating of software packages
- Customizing scripts with PowerShell
- Rolling out and implementing new software
- Supporting IT security and compliance
Tools and software: Confluence, M365, Active Directory, Intune, Endpoint Management, SCCM/MECM, PowerShell, VMware Hardware: Lenovo, Cherry, Plantronics, Jabra + peripherals
Jean-Louis Tsalefac
Area Manager - Aftersales Operations
Last position:
Area Manager - Aftersales Operations at E80 Group
- Development and quotation of technical solutions
- Design of high-performance solutions
- Management of aftersales operations, teams and budget
- Documentation revision
Nermin Kasumovic
Service Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager
Last position:
Service Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager at ITZ-Bund
- Responsible for service management and change management within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Creating, tracking, and modifying change requests for applications and infrastructure at ITZ-Bund.
- Adapting and extending change management processes.
- Ensuring required technical functionality of specific applications (beBPo Web, Governikus Multi Messenger GMM).
- Project management activities for individual projects within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Managing and ensuring availability of external service providers (Governikus, Materna).
- Participation in an FMS audit (documentation description, processes, quality) for individual agencies of ITZ-Bund.
- Monitoring deadlines and milestones, reporting project progress to various stakeholders.
- Single point of contact (SPOC) for various departments, weekly fixed meetings with clients and status meetings.
- Creating and planning infrastructure G2X maps, monitoring, and status reporting to clients and external service providers.
- Participation in certificate requests and certificate exchange for customer-specific infrastructure and applications.
- Planning, coordinating, and executing communication for announcing, carrying out, and following up on planned activities.
- Monitoring effort and developing improvement suggestions.
- Skills/Tools: ITIL, Prince 2, Windows 10, Microsoft Office, Governikus products, Materna products, Confluence, Jira, BMC Remedy, Smart IT
Pascal Geier
Head of Customer Service Channel Development
Last position:
Head of Customer Service Channel Development at Deutsche Telekom Kundenservice GmbH
- Functional responsibility for long-term strategy and for projects to improve operational performance in customer service
- Overall project manager (over 60 participants) for short-term optimization of operating costs. Result: €25 million cost savings for 2013
- Development of personnel cost saving potentials in the support area
Andre Pesarese
IT-Service Operations Manager
Last position:
IT-Service Operations Manager at Westnetz
- Ensuring implementation of the group policy for functional control of digital technology
- Assessing the impact of the group policy on Westnetz
- Developing an implementation strategy for the management board's decisions
- Communicating at department head level and identifying potential areas for action
- Initiating a two-phase GreyIT project with evaluation and implementation phases
- Providing conceptual support in establishing a service and product organization
- Defining premises in service design
Markus Mertl
Director Global Customer Service
Last position:
Director Global Customer Service at Kramp.com
- Defined strategies to achieve the customer service organization's mission, vision, and goals
- Led the transformation and implementation of a new global customer service strategy and established the global customer service team
- Implemented a new customer communication platform to meet customer needs while delivering efficiencies and cost savings for the business
- Developed a comprehensive policy and process framework for customer service to deliver high service levels, and oversaw its implementation and compliance
- Managed a €35 million budget for the global customer service organization and set and controlled regional customer service budgets
- Delivered global cost savings equal to 40 FTE through automation and centralization
- Directly managed 5 central managers and indirectly oversaw 8 regional customer service managers and 400 employees worldwide
- Introduced a global customer service KPI dashboard with goals to drive performance improvements
Daniela Spanka
Head of Service On Campus
Last position:
Head of Service On Campus at IU Internationale Hochschule
- Responsibility for 35 locations in terms of university administration & service.
- Responsibility for the Net Promoter Score of all On Campus products.
- Increased NPS by a factor of three and improved participation rate by a factor of four in 6 months.
- Leading a team of 24 employees.
- Development of the strategic alignment and harmonisation of operational procedures in the areas of Student Services and Examination Office according to OKR.
- Liaising with the academic sector and other service units within the Group.
- Hiring of team and administration managers in the area of administration at the university.
- Creating a digitalisation roadmap along the student journey with the goals of customer centricity or kill complexity.
- FTE planning with sales area management according to the digitalisation strategy in the university administration.
Ralf Zschieschang
Head of Supply Chain Management & Customer Service
Last position:
Head of Supply Chain Management & Customer Service at Siteco GmbH
Responsible for leading Customer Service and Supply Chain functions including Order Management, Export Sales Coordination, Global Shared Service Center, Supply Chain planning, production planning and logistics
Business Process Owner for Supply Chain Management and Sales and Operations Planning
Designed, implemented and improved central processes and applications
Implemented and monitored global KPIs for delivery reliability, delivery capability, logistics productivity and inventory management
Member of the leadership transformation team responsible for revising the process landscape after carve-out from the Osram Group
Successfully reintegrated logistics into the Siteco Group and increased logistics productivity by 16% per working hour
Maintained delivery capability above industry average during the COVID-19 crisis
Thorsten Katschke
Service Manager, Center Manager, Member of the Management Team
Last position:
Service Manager, Center Manager, Member of the Management Team at Autohaus Schreiner/Wöllenstein
- Process optimization in truck service
Baris Calisan
Sustainable Finance Marketing
Last position:
Head of Client Service and Authorized Signatory at Green Face Value | Sustainable Finance Marketing & Consulting
Green Face Value is a young and fast-growing consulting firm for sustainable finance marketing & consulting. As a consultancy, we combine three services in one: a sales & distribution consultancy, a communications consultancy, and a creative agency under one roof. We advise and guide asset managers, financial service providers, and banks in developing and implementing sustainability- and ESG-based strategies for effective market engagement and sales-oriented external presentation and communication. With our solutions, we create real competitive advantages and boost sales power in asset management, impact investing, and financial advisory. Green Face Value is a member of the German Federal Initiative for Impact Investing.
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Heads of Service statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
28 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Operations, Customer Service, Project Management
Top industries
Manufacturing, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
60%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Head of Service leads the service function, whether that means customer service, service operations, or a broader service department. The work usually includes team leadership, escalation handling, service standards, and process improvement. In many companies, the role is also responsible for aligning daily operations with business goals.
A freelance Head of Service makes sense when you need senior leadership quickly, for example during a transition, a restructuring, or a period of service instability. It is also a good choice when the company needs outside structure but does not want to add a permanent layer yet. Freelancers can step in, stabilize the setup, and hand over cleanly.
Look for a Head of Service who can lead people and run operations at the same time. They should be comfortable with SLAs, escalation flows, service reporting, coaching, and cross-functional communication. The best people also know how to spot recurring issues and turn them into process fixes.
Sometimes the titles are used differently, but the scope can overlap a lot. A Service Director often sounds more strategic, while a Service Operations Manager may focus more on daily execution. The real test is the mandate: who owns service quality, team leadership, and operational stability.
A freelancer in this role can take on turnaround work, service setup, team restructuring, and the introduction of new governance routines. They are also useful when a company needs help with ticketing processes, knowledge management, or escalation control. In practice, the assignment should be tied to clear service outcomes.
A Head of Service can often work partly remote, especially when the focus is on leadership, reporting, and process design. On-site time becomes more important when the team is large, the service is customer-facing, or the company needs close support during change. In Germany, many clients expect a mix of both depending on the setup.
Check whether the Head of Service has led real service environments, not just advised on them. Strong signs are clear examples of stabilizing teams, improving response flow, and reducing repeat problems. Ask how they would handle escalations, coach managers, and measure whether service is actually better.
Freelancers should expect a clear mandate, access to the right stakeholders, and enough authority to make service decisions. A good Head of Service assignment usually includes a defined scope, visible priorities, and a clean handover plan. Without that, the role can turn into vague firefighting.
The average hourly rate for Heads of Service in Germany is 130 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,043 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Heads of Service in Germany, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Heads of Service in Germany have 28 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Heads of Service in Germany are German (100%), English (100%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Heads of Service in Germany are Manufacturing (58%), Professional Services (58%), and Banking and Finance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Heads of Service in Germany are Operations (92%), Customer Service (83%), and Project Management (75%).
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