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About the role
Delivery control
An IT Project Manager keeps complex technology work on track. This person turns goals into a clear plan, aligns business and IT, and makes sure tasks move from kickoff to handover without avoidable delays.
Typical deliverables include:
- project plans, milestones, and dependency tracking
- stakeholder updates and decision logs
- risk, issue, and change management
- go-live coordination and handover support
Where they help
Companies bring in an IT Project Manager for software implementations, infrastructure changes, migration projects, ERP rollouts, data initiatives, and security-related work. A freelancer is often the right choice when internal teams are busy, a project needs short-term leadership, or a delivery gap must be closed quickly.
In Austria, this role is common in manufacturing, finance, logistics, public sector work, and larger service organizations. Many clients need someone who can work in English and coordinate smoothly with German-speaking teams, vendors, and business owners.
Core skills
A strong IT Project Manager combines structure with calm execution. They understand technical detail, but they do not get lost in it.
- Clear planning and prioritization
- Risk, scope, and dependency management
- Stakeholder communication at business and technical level
- Budget and timeline control
- Coordination across internal teams, suppliers, and developers
- Documentation that is concise and usable
Methods and tools
The best candidates know when to use Agile, when Waterfall still fits, and when a hybrid setup is the safest option. They can run steering meetings, manage project boards, and keep delivery visible without creating extra overhead.
Common tools include Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Trello, Azure DevOps, and standard reporting setups in Excel or Power BI. For many companies, the real value is not the tool set itself, but the ability to keep everyone aligned around it.
What good looks like
A strong IT Project Manager asks the right questions early. They clarify scope, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and who owns each decision. They spot trouble before it becomes visible in the schedule.
They also work well with project sponsors, product owners, developers, infrastructure teams, and external vendors. If a company needs a technical project manager, a delivery manager, or an IT PM, the best person is the one who can bring order to the work and keep the team moving.
Signs you need one
Use this role when a project has many moving parts and no one is clearly driving delivery.
- A software or infrastructure project is slipping
- Business and IT disagree on scope or priorities
- Multiple vendors must be coordinated
- The team needs someone to manage reporting and decisions
- A go-live, migration, or cutover must be controlled
- Internal leadership needs a trusted project contact
Meet FRATCH IT Project Managers
Claus Eggersberger
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management, and closing of multiple digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal creation, technical concepts & process analyses
Stakeholder management (internal steering, external service providers, business units)
Resource & capacity planning, controlling, budget responsibility
Claim and change management (including escalation handling)
Project marketing & knowledge management
Quality assurance & risk management according to PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduced processing times by >20% through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Zoran Jovanovic
Senior IT PM & Governance & Operational Resilience Consultant | Financial Services
Last position:
Technical Writer – Implementation of the BNPP IT PROD SEC Service Catalog at BNP Paribas Germany
Design, authorship and finalization of the IT PROD SEC service catalog with eight standardized security services (S-ID001–S-ID008).
Development of consistent service components & deliverables, RACI assignments and SLA and KPI definitions for each service.
Integration of BaFin document requirements under DORA into the service descriptions.
Coordination with IT, compliance, risk and operations teams to validate all service descriptions.
Specifically for governance & monitoring: definition of governance cadence, evidence delivery processes, audit support and definition of measurable KPIs and measurement methods.
Ensuring that all services are standardized, measurable and documented in an audit-proof manner.
Result: Approved service catalog with eight services as a binding basis for delivery, governance and audits; transparent SLAs/KPIs for each service and DORA/BAIT/MaRisk-compliant documentation with clear responsibilities and evidence trails.
Technologies and tools: Confluence, Jira, ServiceNow, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Office 365.
Christian Piffer
Migration Lead for Accounting & Year-End Closing Tests
Last position:
Migration Lead for Accounting & Year-End Closing Tests at Raiffeisenverband Salzburg
- Project and test management for the accounting migration
- Coordination of resources
- Planning, creation and alignment of scenarios with functional experts and IT product owners
- Responsibility for accounting KPIs of the migration cockpit
- System environment: Jira, XRay, Confluence
Sergiu Mocian
IT Project Manager & Transformation Lead
Last position:
IT Project Manager & Transformation Lead at OMV
- Program delivery: set-up of strategic initiatives from ideation to execution, designing cross-divisional operating models that streamlined delivery across 6 business units.+
- Large scale initiatives: IT project manager of eMobility mobile app development for entire group, cross-country and multi-year initiative, with budget oversight of >2Mn and 20 FTEs.
- Product lifecycle management: delivered the end-to-end SDLC of a key B2B digital mobility application, successfully launching to 10 000+ users while managing vendor partnerships and system architecture.
- Vendor oversight: successfully negotiated and managed multi-vendor contracts, with negotiated contract value of 30% with no impact on scope.
- Architecture definition: definition of system architectures to ensure scalable, cost-effective solutions for the pricing, logistics and mobility domains, integration of 3 back-end systems.
- Digital transformation & coaching: supported group-wide agile maturity as a coach, upskilling pool of over 40 professionals in Product Management to increase delivery predictability and ensure value-driven approach.
Jörg Pallanich
Freelance IT Project Manager / Business Analyst
Last position:
Freelance IT Project Manager / Business Analyst at A1 Telekom Austria AG
Project: Infrastructure Selling Tool
Joint development and documentation of the target process for infrastructure sales to business customers
Cross-functional coordination to find solutions
Overseeing implementations in the CRM system
Coordination of a field trial
Project: FTTH expansion program
Analysis and documentation of the project environment
Process definition in the FTTH expansion program
Specification of IT requirements from the B2B business unit in the form of epics and user stories
Project management with regard to IT implementations in a business context
Project: Product launch "Cyber Defense Business"
Definition of the sales to activation process
Specification of IT requirements for implementation in the A1 Marketplace and interface to ServiceNow
Project management with regard to IT implementations
Christian Muck
IT-Project Management
Last position:
Project Management of an SAP RD implementation at International food production company
- Project management of an SAP RD implementation in a complex international food production company.
- Project planning & control.
- Scoping.
- Risk & mitigation management.
- Coordination of implementation partners.
Stefan Wurm
Corporate IT Project Manager
Last position:
Corporate IT Project Manager at OctaPharma
- SAP rollout to multiple locations of the company
- Predictive project management
- Functional stream lead
- Coordination of 17 streams
- Data migration support
- Cutover management (go live)
Eva Quereser
External HR-IT Project Lead
Last position:
External HR-IT Project Lead for the Introduction of Easysoft at Charité - Universitätsmedizin
- Structured data exchange with SAP HR, SAP Org Management and PEP duty scheduling
- Integration of external training centers
- Implementation of digital assignment planning
- Structured information flow via Easysoft Publish
- Development of a standardized reporting system
- Project management and close coordination with the business units and IT
- Integration of existing HR and training data into the new system environment
Clemens Novak
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager
Last position:
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager at Self-employed
Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof
IT Project Manager
Last position:
IT Project Manager at Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
- Overall technical responsibility for the new e-commerce digital infrastructure project/program, some 7.500 external person days
- Service provider coordination, sub-project coordination, project controlling
- Timeline, milestones, and (high level) topic prioritization
- Induce system and architecture decisions
- Technical coordination of multiple international roll-outs and the replacement of deprecated systems
- Systems: SAP Commerce Cloud (with Spartacus), FirstSpirit headless CMS, SAP Customer Data Cloud, SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, SAP ERP, SAP CRM, Cloudflare, Viamedici EPIM, Canto DAM, various 3rd party software (video library, job platforms, prerender.io, redirection.io)
Clemens Bauer
Project Manager
Last position:
Project Manager at Ruttensteiner GmbH
- Coordination
- Researching information
- Preparing results
- Conducting interviews
- Creating reports for the study
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IT Project Managers statistics
Typical experience
23 years
Average project duration
2.9 years
Certifications per freelancer
5
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Insurance, Professional Services
Most common languages
German, English, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
89%
Doctorate
22%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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An IT Project Manager plans, coordinates, and controls technology projects from start to finish. That usually includes scope definition, stakeholder communication, risk tracking, meeting leadership, and go-live coordination. In practice, the role keeps delivery moving and makes sure business and technical teams stay aligned.
Freelance support makes sense when the need is tied to a project, not a long-term line function. Companies often choose this route for migrations, implementations, rescue work, or periods where internal management capacity is already full. It is also useful when a neutral person is needed to drive decisions across teams.
A strong IT Project Manager needs structure, clear communication, and a good grip on delivery risks. They should understand how IT projects work across development, infrastructure, data, or ERP environments, and they must be able to speak with both business and technical stakeholders. Tool knowledge helps, but coordination and judgment matter more.
An IT Project Manager focuses on delivery control: scope, timeline, dependencies, and coordination. A product owner usually owns priorities for the product backlog, while a program manager looks after several related projects and their overall alignment. In smaller setups, these roles can overlap, but the project manager is still the person who keeps the project moving day to day.
This role is a strong fit for ERP rollouts, cloud moves, application implementations, data projects, and infrastructure changes. In Austria, it is also common where manufacturing, logistics, financial services, or public-sector teams need reliable project coordination. Remote work is often possible, but workshops, steering meetings, and go-live phases may call for on-site presence.
Yes, many tasks can be handled remotely, especially planning, reporting, and stakeholder coordination. Still, complex projects often benefit from a mix of remote work and on-site days for workshops, key meetings, or cutover support. The right setup depends on the project phase and how closely the teams need to work together.
Look for clear examples of projects they have led, the types of problems they handled, and how they dealt with scope changes or delays. A good IT Project Manager speaks plainly, writes concise updates, and brings structure without creating bureaucracy. References, project artefacts, and a strong interview around real delivery situations are usually the best proof.
Freelancers should be ready to describe the project types they know best, the tools they use, and how they handle reporting, risks, and stakeholder alignment. It helps to show how you run meetings, manage dependencies, and work with teams that include developers, vendors, and business leads. In Austria, being comfortable with English and, in many cases, German collaboration is often important.
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