Interim Managers in Vienna
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Rafał Bordakiewicz
Last position:
General Manager & Senior Director DACH & Member of sennder’s Strategy Team at Sennder Deutschland GmbH
- Developed and executed a comprehensive strategy for market expansion in Germany, driving revenue growth and profit. Increased Gross Profit (GP) by +330% and productivity by +22% over 2 years.
- Led a cross-functional team of 13 managers with 90+ employees while managing a portfolio of 250+ customers with €85 M in revenue.
- Cultivated a performance-driven and disciplined profit culture, emphasizing operational success, optimizing efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction.
- Monitored and managed budgets effectively to enhance financial performance and ensure optimal resource allocation, holding full P&L responsibility.
- Spearheaded operations and led sales, account management, carrier management, and quality management teams, fostering cross-departmental collaboration, competitiveness, and accountability.
- Provided strategic leadership and direction to a high-performance team, overseeing all aspects of team management, including recruitment, coaching, performance evaluation and offboarding.
- Directly contributed to the strategic development and implementation of group activities as a core member of the corporate strategy team, actively shaping and executing initiatives to drive overall business growth and alignment across the organization.
Axel Menzel
Last position:
Interim HR Lead Transformation – International E-Commerce & Logistics Environment at Inpact HR (Interim Management)
- Organizational Design: Strategic realignment of the organizational structure to increase operational excellence and prepare for a scaled shared service model.
- Tech-Driven HR Transformation: Supporting process optimization through the integration of modern automation solutions and AI-powered tools to increase efficiency in workforce management.
- Strategic Change & Rightsizing: Design of a change-management framework to align personnel resources with a new, centralized steering model.
Gudrun Gradinger
Last position:
Central Procurement, Paper Industry at Anonymous
- EUDR/EUTR system adaptation
- Training
- Process optimization / central procurement
- Framework agreements
Thomas Lücke
Last position:
Interim Director of Telecommunications Operations at Plusnet
- Leading and restructuring operations departments
- Transforming into a digital ISP
- Managing support for telecommunications services (FTTx, xDSL, voice, DWDM, access)
- Network operations center (NOC)
- Managing customer satisfaction
Karin Wallner
Last position:
Head of Controlling at Frey-Wille GmbH & Co KG
- Leading the controlling department (1 employee)
- Financial advice to the owner
- Support for mergers & acquisitions and due diligence
- Support in liquidity planning
- Support in monthly and annual financial statements (UGB)
- Preparation of business plans and strategic planning
- Annual planning, budgeting and forecasts
- Strategic sales and production management
- Creation of a new reporting package in Excel (UGB/IFRS) with validation checks and automations
- Creation of a new consolidation package in Excel
- Development of a new inventory process
Silvia Kienberger
Last position:
Head of Consulting | Interim at Craftworks
- Built the AI/data consulting practice and scaling strategy
- Advised international energy and industrial clients
- Secured four strategic international projects
- Delivered two enterprise AI/data strategy initiatives
Jochen Hackl
Last position:
Interim CFO CEE Region at PE Portfolio company in the FMCG Industry
Erkan Yildirim
Last position:
Interim Financial Accountant at EuroTelesites AG
- Ongoing accounting tasks (in close cooperation with our shared service center in Bulgaria – English language)
- Contact person for our shared service center in all finance matters, including the preparation of monthly reporting according to IFRS
- Monthly VAT returns, ongoing tax filings, and lease fee settlements
- Support in managing the (financial) intercompany relationships
- Ensuring SOX compliance and optimizing accounting processes
- Digitization of accounting processes
Anton Laza
Last position:
CISO & Interim DPO at Finmatics GmbH
- Built the company’s entire security function from zero to ISO-aligned, audit-ready operation (ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2).
- Delivered enterprise-grade security posture enabling regulated customer onboarding and due-diligence success.
- Embedded automated security controls (SAST, DAST, secrets, vuln scanning) into CI/CD for a growing SaaS engineering team, removing security as a deployment bottleneck.
- Cut third-party risk exposure by ~70% by replacing manual vendor reviews with an automated, LLM-driven risk scoring and approval pipeline.
- Led board-level security, customer audits, and live incident response.
Paul Stricker
Last position:
Interim Head of HR at Agaplesion Bethesda Krankenhaus Wuppertal
- Leading a professional and motivated HR team
- Improving HR processes
- Further developing the HR function
Daniela Goldinger
Last position:
Project Manager, Interim Manager at get projects.done
Wolfgang Gollneritsch
Last position:
Member of the Advisory Board at Medieninitiative Digitale Medizin
- Participation in the initiative launched by the specialist publishers of Futuro Holding (MEDahead, MedMedia, Universimed) under the patronage of the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Telecommunications.
- Supporting and speeding up the digitization of the Austrian healthcare system in the interest of patients and all parties involved.
- Empowering Austrian physicians to become key players and independent drivers of digital development.
- Connecting stakeholders from patient advocacy, politics, payers, logistics, pharmacists, service providers, and industry with medical professionals and fostering an ongoing dialogue among them.
- Meeting twice a year within a high-profile panel at the intersection of healthcare and the digital economy.
- Contributing ideas and concepts, and networking.
- Collaborating on the initiative's media projects under the "Digital Doctor" brand in print and online, which serve as a forum for ideas and projects.
Tobias Német
Last position:
Interim Manager and Independent Consultant at Tobias Német, Management Consulting
- Leading organizations through change with a focus on procurement and supply chain management, as well as excellence across the value chain
- Project KraussMaffei (2022-04-01 to 2024-03-31): Head of Global Procurement Direct, interim management, restructuring and leading the global procurement for production materials with a purchasing volume of approximately €650 million; cost management; consolidating and leading the purchasing team (16 staff locally + 20 staff globally); process management
- Project Office Depot (2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31): Group Procurement Manager with a purchasing volume of approximately €400 million; leading procurement activities and training buyers after a restructuring; building and implementing a group procurement function after a merger, achieving significant savings
- Project Raylase (2021-01-01 to 2021-03-31): Head of procurement and support for the ERP implementation
- Project Simacek (2019-01-01 to 2019-06-30): Procurement, warehouse, and process management during a restructuring phase
- Project Raylase: Purchasing excellence; supply chain management with consulting on the full implementation of S&OP (sales, planning, and disposition)
- Project Speech Processing Solutions: cost reduction in procurement
- Project EVN: cost reduction through efficiency improvements (organizational development and process management)
- Project Diehl: establishing a transfer pricing regime in line with OECD guidelines
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Interim Managers statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Project Management, Finance, Information Technology
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
82%
Doctorate
18%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Interim Managers in Vienna
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the role
What they do
Interim managers step in when a company needs leadership now. They take over a role, stabilize the situation, and keep work moving. Typical assignments include:
- bridging a vacancy in line management or a critical function
- leading a turnaround, transformation, or carve-out
- taking responsibility for operations, sales, finance, HR, or supply chain
- setting priorities, making decisions, and aligning teams
- handing over cleanly to a permanent manager or internal successor
When companies hire Companies bring in an interim manager when speed matters more than a long hiring process. This is common during restructurings, leadership changes, growth phases, system rollouts, or when a key manager leaves unexpectedly. In Vienna, this often means working with established mid-sized firms, international subsidiaries, and organizations that need local leadership with short notice.
Core skills A strong interim manager combines management experience with calm execution. They must quickly read the business, earn trust, and act without needing a long onboarding phase.
- leadership and team alignment
- restructuring and crisis handling
- project steering and KPI control
- stakeholder communication at board level
- operational problem solving
Common focus areas Interim managers are often used for specific mandates rather than open-ended support. That can mean acting as interim CEO, plant manager, finance lead, HR manager, sales head, or transformation lead. In Vienna, language skills and a good feel for local business culture help, especially when the role touches works councils, regional headquarters, or cross-border teams.
Tools and working style The best interim managers use clear reporting, fast assessment methods, and structured decision logs. They work with budgets, action plans, risk lists, and regular steering meetings. They are comfortable on site when leadership presence matters, but can also handle parts of the mandate remotely if the team and setup allow it.
What good looks like Strong interim professionals leave a business in better shape than they found it. They define the problem fast, set direction, and deliver visible progress early. Look for people who can explain past mandates clearly, show how they handled resistance, and describe the outcome in practical terms, not in vague management language.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Interim Managers.
An interim manager takes on temporary responsibility for a business function, team, or transformation project. The work is hands-on: assess the situation, set priorities, lead people, and deliver results. Unlike a consultant, an interim manager usually carries direct line responsibility and makes decisions inside the organization.
A freelance interim manager makes sense when a company needs leadership faster than a permanent hire can be completed. It is also the right choice for change phases, restructurings, absences, or a specific mandate with a clear end point. If the company needs someone to step in immediately and own the outcome, interim is often the best fit.
Look for a strong record in similar situations, not just a polished CV. An effective interim director or turnaround manager needs leadership under pressure, clear communication, and the ability to make hard calls. Industry knowledge helps, but judgment, credibility, and structured execution matter more.
A consultant advises; an interim manager leads. The consultant may recommend what to do, while the interim manager is expected to implement it, manage people, and stay accountable for day-to-day results. That difference matters when the company needs someone who can act, not only analyze.
Yes, partly. Many mandates can combine remote coordination with on-site presence in Vienna, especially for reporting, planning, and stakeholder updates. But if the role involves team leadership, plant operations, or sensitive change management, regular on-site work is usually important.
In Vienna, companies often use an interim manager for headquarters functions, regional leadership roles, and cross-border coordination. Common assignments include finance, HR, operations, commercial leadership, and transformation work. International companies based in Vienna also look for people who can work in English and navigate local expectations with confidence.
Ask for examples of similar mandates, the starting situation, and what changed during the assignment. A good candidate explains how they built trust, handled resistance, and measured progress. References, a clear approach, and a practical handover plan are strong signs of quality.
Freelance interim managers should expect clear scope, fast onboarding, and direct access to decision-makers. Many clients want immediate impact, so you need to be comfortable taking responsibility from day one. Good assignments also include a defined handover, which shows the client values clean execution rather than just temporary coverage.
The average hourly rate for Interim Managers in Vienna is 144 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,155 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Interim Managers in Vienna, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 82% hold at least a Master's degree, and 18% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Interim Managers in Vienna have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Interim Managers in Vienna are German (100%), English (100%), and French (31%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Interim Managers in Vienna are Professional Services (69%), Information Technology (62%), and Manufacturing (62%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Interim Managers in Vienna are Project Management (77%), Finance (69%), and Information Technology (69%).
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