Managing Directors in Berlin
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Mirjam W.
Last position:
AI Trainer / Data Annotator at DataAnnotation, Outlier
- Review and creation of German-language training data for AI models, with a focus on language quality, tone of voice, and suitability for target groups.
- Design of prompts and evaluation frameworks for quality assurance of AI responses.
- Prompt design and creation of AI training content in German and English.
- Language and voice training for AI models in German.
Jens S.
Last position:
Marketing Consultant – [New customer acquisition (B2B), Social Media, SEO] at Manufacturer of precision parts made of metal [confidential]
Strategic Marketing / New Customer Acquisition (B2B):
- Market and competition analysis: Identified competitors, developed evaluation grids, sketched provider landscape with potential customers, competitors and partners
- Concept for a cross-media, personalized multi-touch campaign
- Developed the multi-touch strategy in different variants with several stages, defined touchpoints, target companies and target people, developed the ideal customer profile and contact ideas
- Designed all individual measures: developed concepts for letters, postcards, landing pages, emails, phone calls and downloads
- Visualized the logic of the contact sequences (flowchart)
- Described the distinction from "account-based marketing"
- Implementation planning: Researched providers for packaging, shipping and landing page software, negotiated terms, recommended tools and partners
Social Media Marketing:
- Target categorization, definition and recommendation for action
- Review and selection of channels
- Concept for channel management
- Developed an 11-week editorial plan (Instagram & LinkedIn)
- Created, implemented and published image and video posts
- Campaign launch, ongoing monitoring and optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO):
- Website audit with indexing check
- Ranking, backlink, traffic and competition analysis
- Analyzed search and user behavior
- Consulting on SEO risks during relaunches with domain changes
- Keyword research and recommendations for action
Detlef M.
Last position:
Managing Partner and Interim Manager at EREBOS GmbH
- Interim management for DAX companies and partially state-owned group companies in Germany and abroad
- Consulting in strategic and infrastructure Facility Management as well as Corporate Real Estate
- Development and implementation of real estate, site, and Facility Management strategies
- Restructuring and optimization of organizational, administrative, and real estate processes
- Steering site analyses, economic evaluations, and contract processes
- Stakeholder management and KPI reporting to management teams and decision-makers
Malte K.
Last position:
Interim Head of Marketing & Digital Business Development at FORIS AG
Established legal and financial services provider building a new digital business area for incorporation, tax, and compliance services.
- Developed and launched the service offer as segmented service and pricing packages in under 5 months.
- Designed a seamless digital user experience from ad click to landing pages and ordering flow through to completion.
- Worked out the strategic direction with the business unit lead and management board and managed execution in a team of five.
Dominic S.
Last position:
Operations Technology & Analytics at Self-directed
- Built operational analytics dashboard suite for a multi-unit F&B group from granular Lightspeed POS data — KPI reporting, product-mix analysis, demand forecasting and expansion site-selection
- Automated weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting and P&L variance analysis, plus a demand-forecasting tool that converts POS data into hourly kitchen prep schedules
- Developed a customer-review intelligence system across six sites — automated data collection, AI classification into operational themes with bilingual reply drafting and an interactive dashboard, cutting weekly review analysis from 2.5 hours to minutes
Christian W.
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at regionrise GmbH
- RegionRise helps companies to grow internationally by developing expansion strategies, sales operations and organisational readiness for growth.
- Clients include:
- SedaiNow: Interim Chief Strategy Officer, developing the product and go to market strategy
- Elevated Elements Group: Organisational development and commercialisation of a chemical recycling company
- Swiss Green Fuel: Moving the HQ from China to Switzerland, re-branding & positioning, commercial and fundraising strategy
- Prodeval S.A.: Operational sales to enter the German biogas market
- ParallelWorlds.Ai: European expansion for a digital twin platform
- Nomnio: Market entry and growth strategy for a full-stack IoT solution development company
- Mosaic Venture Labs: Supporting the preparation of Taiwanese startups expanding into the USA
- Viessmann Family Office: Evaluating the DACH market for a digital twin & IoT integration solution in the real estate space
Ersin K.
Last position:
Founder & Lead Architect at ORBYNT / 7Style
- Full automation of the software development process: ticket analysis → AI coding agents → pull request → automated code review → deployment
- Multi-tenant architecture with 82 database models and real-time WebSocket monitoring
- Integration of 40+ AI tools with Claude & GPT
- Tech stack: React, TypeScript, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ
- Platform in productive use with paying customers
Piet Q.
Last position:
IT Project Manager at no release
Industry: Publishing, media Project management for the concept of a RAG-based archive access solution: a secure on-prem or hybrid compute architecture for LLM and embedding operations, pipeline for transcription and automatic tagging, semantic search across audio and video archives. Use case evaluation and make-or-buy together with editorial team, archive, and legal department, taking into account copyright, broadcasting law, and the AI Act. Differentiator: practical LLM infrastructure experience from two own productive platforms combined with C-level program management in regulated industries.
Olaf T.
Last position:
CTO, Shareholder, Agile Coach, Product Owner at fluidx digital GmbH
- Development and rollout of a browser-based platform for camera streaming, augmented reality (AR), and visual computing
- Device-independent camera streaming for smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, as well as VR and AR headsets
- Ensuring GDPR-compliant hosting in Open Telekom Cloud and other sovereign cloud providers
- Intuitive visual and collaborative features to increase efficiency and integrate smoothly into existing business software
Unnikuttan V.
Last position:
Managing Director (Co-Founder) at AathmaSignals
- Spearheading investor outreach and partnership development as founding MD, building the business case and technical narrative needed to attract initial funding and strategic collaborators in the digital health space
- Designing multi-agent AI systems for autonomous biosignal analysis, orchestrating LLM-based reasoning pipelines with domain-specific medical context to enable intelligent, clinical decision support
Philip E.
Last position:
Interim Lead Growth & Optimization Amazon EU8 & US at Massageliegenhaus
- Marketplace audit for SEO and SEA including deriving optimization measures
- Development of a growth and optimization strategy for 2025
- Operationalization of 2025 goals into concrete actions
- Project setup in Asana and project control in weekly meetings
- 2025 budgeting for EU and US including sales and budget planning
- Setup of a weekly reporting including a plan vs. actual dashboard
- Selection of an SEA agency including requirement briefing and onboarding
- Creation of a full-cost calculation as a decision basis for FBA versus FBM
Lasse W.
Last position:
Managing Director | Agile Consultant | Scrum Master | Business Analyst at Wagener Consulting GmbH
- Spearheaded the transformation of Telefonica Germany’s cloud journey into a self-service, automated marketplace by leading process analysis and design efforts; facilitated UX/UI collaboration and served as Scrum Master for cross-functional agile teams to ensure timely and quality delivery
- Designed, launched, and managed an enterprise-wide Learning & Development program focused on cloud-native skills, upskilling over 1,500 employees; undertook full vendor management including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, and ongoing partnership to ensure curriculum alignment with evolving organizational needs
- Implemented cloud migration processes aligned with corporate compliance and process governance; improved process transparency and audit readiness while reducing operational risks
- Architected and led a cross-divisional communication strategy to enhance organizational engagement; developed multiple channels including newsletters and intranet content, acting as single point of contact for all departmental communications to ensure consistency and alignment
Broder F.
Last position:
Program Manager - IT Networks Service Management and Transition at Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
Managing the further development of IT network service management
Overall leadership of the transition, consulting on the transition of IT network services
IT coordination of a tender in the area of IT network services
For (3) Further development of IT network service management Managing follow-up work for the transition (including setup of issue management) Managing and monitoring the performance of external service providers Consulting and managing the further development of IT network service management (processes, procedures, organization, tools)
For (2) Transition of IT network services Overall leadership of the transition (transfer of operational responsibility for IT network services to an IT service provider) Definition and setup of transition governance Planning and tracking of milestones, dependencies and cutover windows Managing the preparation, achieving operational readiness & process/tool integration Carrying out service handovers (cutover, parallel run, stabilization) Ensuring risk management, progress tracking, steering committee and management reporting, stakeholder management
For (1) IT coordination of the IT network services tender Managing all IT work streams of an IT network tender Coordinating the creation of all service descriptions IT review / evaluation of offers IT representative in bidder talks/negotiations Creating presentations/decision papers
Benjamin W.
Last position:
Advisory Board Member at B2X
Transforming hardware lifecycle management from linear to circular with platform solutions enabling digitalization of post-sales services.
Representing Earlybird on the advisory board.
Actively supporting management with M&A processes.
Mikalai P.
Last position:
Managing Director at IPMS UG
- Project and site management in steel production, mining, drive technology, power quality
- Consulting and sales in medical technology, safety equipment and video surveillance
- Wholesale of machinery/technological equipment and medical technology
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Managing Directors statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years (Germany: 24 years)
Position duration
3.4 years (Germany: 4.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Strategy, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
92% (Germany: 87%)
Master's degree or higher
66% (Germany: 54%)
Doctorate
10% (Germany: 12%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96% (Germany: 95%)
Based on our profile pool as of 16 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this role in Berlin 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 Berlin
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 16 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Managing Directors experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Professional Services (70%)
- Information Technology (68%)
- Media and Entertainment (50%)
- Manufacturing (42%)
- Banking and Finance (41%)
- Retail (38%)
- Education (34%)
- Advertising (28%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the role
Role scope
A freelance Managing Director takes charge when a company needs senior leadership without a long hiring process. This role covers strategy, P&L ownership, team direction, and clear decisions across sales, operations, finance, and people.
Typical work includes:
- Leading the business day to day and setting priorities
- Stabilising performance during change, crisis, or growth
- Aligning leadership teams and board expectations
- Improving commercial focus, delivery, and accountability
- Supporting exits, turnarounds, or new market launches
Core skills
Strong Managing Directors combine business judgement with calm execution. They can step into an existing structure, read the room fast, and make decisions that hold up under pressure.
Key strengths include:
- General management and cross-functional leadership
- Financial oversight and budget discipline
- Stakeholder management with investors, owners, and works councils where relevant
- Clear communication in English and, in Berlin, often German as well
- Experience with interim leadership, turnaround work, or growth scaling
Tools and focus
The best candidates do not rely on one tool. They use the systems already in place and focus on what moves the business. That may include ERP and reporting tools, CRM data, board packs, forecasting models, and KPI dashboards.
Relevant specialisations vary by company type. In Berlin, that can mean tech scale-ups, industrial firms, media businesses, agencies, e-commerce, or international subsidiaries that need local leadership.
When to hire
Companies bring in a freelance Managing Director when they need authority quickly, but not necessarily a permanent executive. This is common during transitions, leadership gaps, post-merger integration, expansion into Germany, or a performance reset.
It also makes sense when the scope is clear but temporary. A strong interim MD can take over the business, keep momentum, and prepare the handover to a permanent leader.
What good looks like
A strong professional is measurable in outcomes, not in title. They set direction, remove blockers, and keep teams aligned.
Look for someone who:
- Makes hard calls without losing trust
- Balances strategy with hands-on execution
- Communicates clearly with owners, staff, and external partners
- Understands the company’s commercial model
- Leaves behind a stable structure, not dependency
Berlin context
Berlin companies often want leaders who can work across international teams, fast-moving product cultures, and more established operating models. A Managing Director may work on-site for critical decisions, then stay remote for ongoing leadership and reporting.
For companies that hire in Berlin, the right fit is usually someone who can operate in English, work with local decision-makers, and adapt quickly to the pace and style of the business.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Managing Directors? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
A Managing Director leads the business at senior level and owns day-to-day performance. That can include strategy, commercial priorities, team leadership, budgeting, and communication with owners or investors. In a freelance setup, the scope is usually focused on a clear business need such as transition, growth, or turnaround.
An interim MD is the better choice when speed and flexibility matter more than a long-term appointment. This is common during leadership gaps, restructurings, acquisitions, or a market entry that needs experienced hands right away. A permanent hire makes more sense when the company already knows the long-term structure and wants a lasting successor.
Not always, but the roles overlap a lot in practice. In German companies, a Geschäftsführer is often the legal managing head, while CEO is more common in international settings. Searchers may use these titles interchangeably, but the exact scope depends on the company’s structure and decision rights.
Look for commercial judgement, leadership under pressure, and the ability to turn strategy into action. A strong interim managing director also needs clear communication, financial understanding, and the confidence to work with owners, finance, operations, and sales at the same time. Sector experience helps, but the ability to lead change is usually more important.
In Berlin, this role often appears in tech, media, e-commerce, agencies, and international subsidiaries that need local leadership. Companies also bring in a Managing Director for growth plans, post-merger integration, or to professionalise operations. English is often essential, and German can be important when the role includes local stakeholders.
The scope should be tied to a clear business problem and a clear decision level. Define whether the person will lead the whole company, a country unit, or a turnaround program, and who they report to. The best freelancers work well when expectations, authority, and handover goals are set from the start.
Focus on outcomes, not just titles. A strong Managing Director can explain what changed under their leadership, how they handled conflict, and how they kept the business moving during uncertainty. Good references, relevant sector context, and a clear plan for the first weeks are also strong signals.
Many parts of the role can be handled remotely, especially reporting, planning, and stakeholder updates. But on-site presence is often valuable at the start, during sensitive changes, or when team alignment is critical. In Berlin, a hybrid setup is common when the company wants both speed and close coordination.
The average hourly rate for Managing Directors in Berlin is 133 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,062 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Managing Directors in Berlin, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 66% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Managing Directors in Berlin have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Berlin are German (97%), English (95%), and French (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Berlin are Professional Services (70%), Information Technology (68%), and Media and Entertainment (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Managing Directors in Berlin are Strategy (82%), Project Management (73%), and Product Development (65%).
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