Managing Directors in Austria
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Andreas Zich
Last position:
Founder & Owner at AZentron Solutions
- Interim management: Temporary leadership in supply chain, logistics, and operations - including budget, investment, and personnel responsibility.
- Project management: Steering infrastructure, construction, and automation projects as well as transformation and digitalization programs.
- Supply chain consulting: End-to-end strategies, network and site planning, intralogistics, and automation - from international corporations to regional SMEs.
- Process and organizational development: Optimization of workflows, systems, and control logic; building KPIs and reporting structures.
- Executive mentoring: Supporting leaders in growth, change, and crisis situations.
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.
Benjamin Auer
Last position:
Multi-Project Manager at Trading Company
- Setup of a new Data Warehouse (Budget ~€15M 2025 – 2026)
- Backend modernization project (Budget ~€5M 2025 – 2026)
- Standard software rollout with custom programming (Budget ~€9M 2025 – 2026)
Gabriele Bolek-FĂĽgl
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at PaiperOne GmbH
- Main tasks and responsibilities: development, acquisition, sales, consulting, and controlling
- Area of work or industry: Software as a Service in AI compliance and consulting
Selection of client projects:
- Creation and operation of an AI governance platform, including training content on the use of AI in companies
- Design, setup, and operation of the ISO 42001 management system at PaiperOne with certification by TĂśV
- Auditor according to ISO 17024 at Austrian Standards for the "AI Manager"
- AI training for staff of two Austrian publishing groups
- AI training for the management level at the State of Lower Austria
- AI strategy workshop for a municipality in Styria and a municipality in Salzburg
- AI workshops for the House of Digitalization in Tulln
- AI training for municipalities at KDZ
- Delivery of training on "Certified AI Compliance Officer" at the Academy for Internal Audit
- Organizational consulting on AI governance at Ă–GK
- Project support for the "homepage chatbot" at öbv
- Certification exams at Austrian Standards
Nikola Neloski
Last position:
Founder and CEO - Senior Business Analyst at fintechno AI GmbH
- Business analysis
- Requirements engineering
- System design
- Various insurance projects
- Technology stack: msg.Billing (in-/ex-collection)
- Product: Pay-per-use car insurance based on blockchain and OBD-II real-time telemetry with AI
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.
Markus Furtlehner
Last position:
Managing Director & Senior Consultant at IT-Trail GmbH
- Custom development
- Web hosting
- Support
- DevOps
- Technologies: C#, Node.js, Web, Windows, Linux, SQL, MS365, Azure, AWS
Christoph Quereser
Last position:
Managing Director at Stage-IT
optimizing business processes
IT consulting
- ERP
- intralogistics process
- production planning process
- Sales (wholesale, online, B2B B2C)
- product information management
- business intelligence
implementation
- interfaces (SAP, EDI, Databases, ERP, ...)
- ETL processes
- BI Reports
Daniel Auferbauer
Last position:
Solution Architect and Fullstack Developer at IoT Sensor Data Processing and Evaluation
- Develop a concept for the analysis of sensor data.
- Assess implementation options, products, and pricing in Azure.
- Present and advocate the solution concept to the client.
- Implement an ETL pipeline for processing sensor data.
- Integrate BI solutions with the data repository.
- Provide documentation and support for end users.
Emre Hayta
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at SIWA Online GmbH
- Planning and implementation of IT infrastructures for clients
- Automating deployments with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK
- Monitoring and optimizing cloud environments and the entire IT infrastructure
- Providing technical support and troubleshooting infrastructure issues
- Collaborating with development teams on CI/CD processes
Anja Fritsch
Last position:
IT Support DocuWare at Hanse Merkur
- Comprehensive requirements management, system analysis, data modeling, and architecture development
- Implementation of requirements in DocuWare
Christian ThĂĽr
Last position:
Senior Consultant / ICS at Media-related company
- Revised the internal control system following a transformation
- Surveyed current processes and analyzed target processes
- Adjusted financial controls and conducted design and operational tests
- Provided strategic consulting at management level
- Outcome: updated ICS approved by audit bodies; follow-up projects resulting from the achieved results
- Focus areas: ICS, finance processes, governance, design and operational testing, executive consulting
Albert Schiller
Last position:
Managing Director & Owner at Metatron Industrial Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for strategy, technological development, and execution in industrial plant engineering — with a focus on extrusion technology and AI-driven process optimization
- Freelance project execution for international clients (e.g. BĂĽhler, Enercon, Bayer, Elanco)
- Development of proprietary AI-powered software solutions for production control and environmental technologies
- International project leadership for clients in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries; active involvement in building deep-tech start-ups and selective investments in Industry 4.0, cleantech, and AI manufacturing
- Details see attachment “Albert_Schiller_References_Industrial_Projects”
Volkmar Travnicek
Last position:
Consultant | Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – Agile Coach - Designer at ÖBB BCC
- Redesign of system error messages for Jira & Confluence
- Evaluation and implementation of new system extensions
- Analysis and design of new business processes with UX expertise
- Support for the implementation of SAFe
René Zingerle
Last position:
DevSecOps & Kubernetes Engineer (Freelance) at mgm technology partners GmbH
Development of a Custom Jenkins Shared Library (Groovy)
Integration of security checks in CI/CD pipeline (Shift-Left Approach)
Automated vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows
GitOps-based deployments with ArgoCD
Semantic versioning automation with Git integration
Container lifecycle management (Build/Scan/Tag/Push)
ArgoCD webhook integration for event-driven deployments
Complete cluster automation with Ansible
Bare-metal Kubernetes installation from scratch
High-availability control plane setup
Unified deployment system for multi-application orchestration
Configuration management according to NIST SP 800-128
Host security: Linux hardening, SELinux/AppArmor
Network security: NetworkPolicies, micro-segmentation
Application security: RBAC, Pod Security Standards
Data security: Encryption at rest and in transit
Defense-in-depth principles
Certificate management with cert-manager
Secrets management with External Secrets Operator connected to Vault
Infrastructure monitoring with Checkmk
Prometheus/Grafana monitoring stack
Security event detection and logging
Automated health checks and incident response procedures
MetalLB load balancing for bare-metal
Nginx ingress controller with SSL passthrough
NetworkPolicies for security zones
Rook-Ceph distributed storage, CNI configuration (Weave Net)
Container & orchestration: Kubernetes (bare-metal), Docker, Helm
CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins (Custom Shared Library), ArgoCD, Groovy
Automation: Ansible, Bash, Python
Security: nftables, RBAC, NetworkPolicies, cert-manager, Vault, Sealed Secrets
Monitoring: Checkmk, Prometheus, Grafana
Storage & networking: Rook-Ceph, MetalLB, Nginx Ingress, Calico
Collaboration: Jira, Confluence
OS: Debian, Ubuntu
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Managing Directors statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.8 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Audit
Bachelor's degree or higher
74%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
14%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this role in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates for Managing Directors in Austria
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 26 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the role
What they lead
A Managing Director sets direction and makes sure the business moves. This role covers strategy, budget ownership, team leadership, stakeholder management, and accountability for results. In smaller firms, the title may overlap with CEO, general manager, or Geschäftsführer; in practice, companies need someone who can take command and keep operations aligned.
Typical deliverables
- A clear business plan or recovery plan
- P&L and budget oversight with regular reporting
- Leadership for sales, operations, finance, and people
- Investor, board, or owner updates
- Decisions on structure, priorities, and execution
Strong Managing Directors do more than advise. They translate goals into action, remove blockers, and keep teams focused on the next decision that matters.
Core skills
A good Managing Director combines commercial judgment with calm leadership. They need to read numbers, negotiate with owners or investors, and guide senior teams without losing sight of daily operations.
- P&L responsibility and cost control
- Strategic planning and go-to-market thinking
- Leadership in change, growth, or turnaround situations
- Stakeholder management with owners, boards, and key clients
- Clear communication across departments and seniority levels
Tools and context
They work with management reports, CRM and ERP systems, budgeting tools, board decks, and KPI dashboards. Depending on the company, the focus may be on scaling a service business, professionalising an SME, preparing an exit, or stabilising a unit after leadership change. In Austria, many clients value strong German and English communication, especially when dealing with local teams, regional markets, or international owners.
When to bring one in
Companies hire a freelance Managing Director when they need leadership fast, but not a long permanent search. That fits interim cover, a sharp reset after a failed launch, a restructuring, or a period where owners need a strong operator to hold the line and execute.
- Leadership gap after a sudden departure
- Growth phase that needs tighter control
- Restructuring or turnaround work
- Owner-led company that needs external structure
- Temporary support before a permanent hire
What separates the best
The strongest Managing Directors are decisive, but not rigid. They listen, set priorities quickly, and know when to delegate. They can handle pressure, build trust with staff and owners, and turn broad targets into practical next steps. Good candidates show results in similar company situations, not just a polished title history.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Managing Directors? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
A Managing Director takes responsibility for direction, execution, and accountability. That can include strategy, team leadership, P&L oversight, reporting, and communication with owners or investors. In many companies, the job is to bring order, speed, and clear decisions to a business that cannot wait for a long handover.
A freelance Managing Director makes sense when the company needs leadership now, but the role is temporary or uncertain. Common cases include an interim vacancy, a turnaround, a restructuring, or a growth phase that needs hands-on control before a long-term appointment is made. It is also useful when the owner wants a senior operator without adding a permanent layer too early.
Look for commercial judgment, people leadership, and strong execution. A good Managing Director should be comfortable with budgets, KPIs, stakeholder talks, and hard priorities, not only vision and strategy. The best fit also knows how to work with senior teams without creating confusion or delays.
The titles often overlap, especially in smaller companies. In practice, a Managing Director usually has broad operational and commercial responsibility, while the exact scope depends on ownership structure and company size. Searchers may also use CEO or general manager when they mean the same leadership profile.
Ask how they have led similar businesses, what situation they handled, and how they work with owners and local teams. In Austria, language fit matters too, especially if the role touches staff, customers, or regional partners. If the company is international, check whether they can switch smoothly between German and English.
Yes, but not always fully. A Managing Director can handle strategy, reporting, and owner communication remotely, yet team leadership, restructuring, and sensitive change work often need regular presence on site. The right setup depends on how much the role touches daily operations and internal culture.
Focus on the situations they have actually led, not just the title on their profile. A strong candidate can explain how they improved performance, solved conflict, or brought a business back on track. Ask for examples of decisions they made under pressure and how they measured whether the change worked.
Freelance Managing Directors usually want a clear mandate, decision rights, and access to the people they need. They also need to know whether the job is interim cover, a turnaround, or ongoing leadership support. The cleaner the scope, the better they can step in and deliver value quickly.
The average hourly rate for Managing Directors in Austria is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 953 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Managing Directors in Austria, 74% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Managing Directors in Austria have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Austria are German (100%), English (97%), and French (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Austria are Information Technology (75%), Professional Services (58%), and Manufacturing (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Austria are Project Management (75%), Information Technology (72%), and Operations (69%).
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