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About the role
Delivery control
An IT Project Manager keeps technology work on track from scope to handover. They align business goals, delivery teams, and stakeholders, then turn plans into clear actions.
- Define scope, milestones, risks, and dependencies
- Coordinate developers, engineers, testers, vendors, and business owners
- Run status meetings, steering updates, and issue handling
- Keep delivery documents, timelines, and decisions in order
Where they help
Companies bring in freelance IT project managers when internal teams are stretched, a new system needs fast coordination, or a critical change cannot slip. This is common in software implementation, cloud migration, ERP upgrades, cybersecurity work, and integration projects.
In Vienna, they are often used by established enterprises, scale-ups, consultancies, and internationally connected teams that need structured delivery across German and English speaking stakeholders.
Core skills
A strong IT Project Manager needs more than planning. They need calm communication, clear prioritization, and enough technical understanding to work well with specialists.
- Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery methods
- Risk and dependency management
- Stakeholder communication and escalation handling
- Budget awareness and vendor coordination
- Tool fluency in Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Teams, and similar systems
Typical assignments
Freelance IT project managers are often hired for defined initiatives with a clear start and finish. They are useful when leadership needs someone who can organize delivery without adding a permanent layer to the team.
Common work includes rollout planning, UAT coordination, release management, cutover support, and recovery when a project is off track. They may act as project manager, technical project manager, or delivery manager, depending on how the company structures the work.
What good looks like
Strong professionals make complex work simple. They ask the right questions early, spot risks before they become delays, and keep both technical and non-technical people aligned.
They produce clear plans, concise reporting, and decisions that stick. They also know when to push, when to escalate, and when to adapt the process to the team, rather than forcing a template that does not fit.
Working setup
Many IT project management engagements work well remotely, especially for planning, reporting, and coordination. On-site time can help during workshops, go-lives, and sensitive stakeholder discussions.
For Vienna-based projects, it helps if the freelancer is comfortable working with local teams in English and, when needed, German. That is especially relevant in regulated sectors, enterprise IT, and vendor-heavy projects.
Meet FRATCH IT Project Managers
Peter Gastberger
Executive Transformation Profile
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager at REWE Group
Datacenter audit and subsequent transformation program
- Initial situation: After a critical outage, the datacenter was seen as the cause. A classic audit was to be put out to tender.
- My diagnosis: The technical architecture was not the core problem. What really mattered were the incident, diagnosis, and restart processes, as well as missing transparency around costs and dependencies.
- Impact: The audit was handled pragmatically in-house. The results and budget basis became the foundation for a multi-year international transformation program. After that, I continued as the preferred candidate for a central transformation stream.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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
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
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
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.
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.
- 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.
Babak Heydari
Senior Product Manager
Last position:
IT Project & Product Manager at Wiener Stadt Werke - Wiener Linien
Development and expansion of the drivers' app system, including the mobile app (frontend), system infrastructure (backend), and required interfaces to the various Wiener Linien core systems.
Babak Heydari
Senior Product Manager
Last position:
IT Project & Product Manager at Wiener Stadt Werke - Wiener Linien
Development and expansion of the drivers' app system, including the mobile app (frontend), system infrastructure (backend), and required interfaces to the various Wiener Linien core systems.
Development and expansion of the drivers' app system, including the mobile app (frontend), system infrastructure (backend), and required interfaces to the various Wiener Linien core systems.
Clemens Novak
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager
Last position:
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager at Self-employed
Clemens Novak
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager
Last position:
IT Business Analyst / Project Manager at Self-employed
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IT Project Managers statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Energy, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
83%
Doctorate
17%
Certifications per freelancer
9
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A IT Project Manager plans and coordinates the delivery of technology work. They manage scope, schedule, risks, stakeholders, and communication so the project does not drift. In practice, they keep developers, engineers, business leads, and vendors aligned on what must happen next.
A freelancer makes sense when the work is time-bound, urgent, or tied to a specific change such as a rollout, migration, or recovery effort. It also helps when your team needs experienced delivery support without adding a long-term headcount. Many companies use freelance project support to bridge a gap until the internal organization is ready.
The best IT Project Managers combine structure with technical understanding. They need solid planning, stakeholder management, risk handling, and confidence working with tools like Jira, Confluence, and MS Project. Good communication matters just as much as process knowledge, because delivery fails when people are not aligned.
The titles often overlap, but the focus can differ. An IT Project Manager usually owns planning, coordination, and reporting across the full project, while a technical project manager may spend more time on architecture or engineering detail. A delivery manager often focuses more on flow, team execution, and removing blockers in an agile setup.
Freelance IT Project Managers are a strong fit for software implementations, ERP changes, cloud migrations, infrastructure upgrades, and cross-team integrations. In Vienna, they are often useful in larger enterprises, consultancies, and international teams that need clear coordination across departments. They are also a good choice when workshops and stakeholder meetings need both English and German support.
Many parts of the work can be done remotely, especially planning, reporting, and team coordination. On-site presence is helpful for kickoffs, go-lives, workshops, and high-stakes stakeholder sessions. The best setup is often a hybrid one, depending on the project phase and the number of local decision makers involved.
Look for clear examples of projects they have led, not just titles they have held. A strong project manager can explain how they handled scope changes, escalation, vendor issues, and team conflict without losing control of the plan. Ask how they report progress, what they do when deadlines slip, and how they keep stakeholders informed.
A good technical project manager will ask about scope, decision makers, dependencies, tools, and the level of authority they have. They should also clarify whether they are expected to drive delivery, coordinate teams, or rescue a project that is already under pressure. The more clearly the company defines success, the faster the freelancer can add value.
The average hourly rate for IT Project Managers in Vienna is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 828 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as IT Project Managers in Vienna, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 83% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as IT Project Managers in Vienna have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as IT Project Managers in Vienna are German (100%), English (100%), and French (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as IT Project Managers in Vienna are Information Technology (86%), Energy (57%), and Banking and Finance (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as IT Project Managers in Vienna are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (100%), and Operations (71%).
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