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About the role
Delivery control
A freelance project manager keeps work moving from brief to handover. They define scope, build plans, set milestones, coordinate teams, and keep stakeholders aligned when priorities change. In many companies, they are brought in to take pressure off internal leads and make sure deadlines, dependencies, and decisions stay visible.
What they deliver
- Project plans, timelines, and milestone tracking
- Scope, risk, and change management
- Stakeholder updates and steering materials
- Meeting structure, action logs, and follow-up
- Handover support and project closure notes
A strong PM keeps the work clear without taking over the subject matter experts. They make trade-offs visible, push for decisions, and keep delivery practical.
Skills and tools
Strong project managers combine structure with calm communication. They know how to run workshops, manage dependencies, and keep different functions moving in the same direction. Common tools include Jira, Confluence, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Classic project management and agile coordination
- Workshop facilitation and stakeholder management
- Risk tracking, issue handling, and reporting
- Documentation that fits the audience
- Confidence with technical, business, and leadership teams
When companies hire
Companies usually bring in a freelance project manager when they need speed, cover, or extra capacity. That can be a product launch, an implementation, a relocation, a turnaround project, or temporary support during leave. In Vienna, this often fits companies working across DACH teams, local headquarters, consultancies, and international subsidiaries that need clear coordination in English and German.
What good looks like
The best project managers are visible without being noisy. They ask the right questions early, keep scope realistic, and do not let unresolved issues sit for long. They also adapt to the setting: sometimes they act as a hands-on PM, sometimes as an interim PMO lead, and sometimes as a recovery manager when a project is already off track.
- Clear communication under pressure
- Fast grasp of business context
- Discipline with follow-up and ownership
- Ability to align senior stakeholders
- Practical thinking over formal process for its own sake
Typical engagements
A freelance project manager can step into software, operations, marketing, finance, transformation, or event work. The role is especially useful when the internal team knows the subject but needs one person to organize delivery, manage interfaces, and keep the whole picture together. For companies in Vienna, that often means supporting mixed local and remote teams with a clear cadence and little onboarding time.
Meet FRATCH Project Managers
Christian Stradal
Lecturer ILV Project Management according to IPMA
Last position:
Standardization of equipment, software and processes for DACH/SOE region at Neuroth AG
- Scope development and project planning
- Stakeholder management
- Process analysis and adaptation
- Development of reporting structures
- Establishment of joint communication structures
- Training concept
- Order processing and cost tracking
Benjamin Auer
Program / Project Management
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)
Stefan Manahl
Project Manager
Last position:
Project Manager at Deutsche NPO
- General project management
- Concept development for a CRM system using Design Sprint
- Creation of a prototype
- Conducting user tests
- Preparation of a tender
- Creation of an implementation roadmap
Fabio Galvagni
IT Architect, Requirements Analyst and Consultant
Last position:
IT Architect, Requirements Analyst and Consultant at CANCOM
- Supports CANCOM customers in migrating legacy on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
- Takes over and stabilizes existing solutions after a short handover
- Business analysis and requirements engineering for migration to a new cloud environment
- Optimization of machine learning models for feature extraction and customer profiling
- Ensures data protection and compliance
- Leads the migration of on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric
- Designs new AI platforms for clients
- Tests the integration of chatbots for document intelligence with Microsoft Foundry, including requirements analysis, implementation, validation, and client communication
John Ampia-Addison
Senior DevOps Engineer
Last position:
Software Developer and DevOps Engineer at Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ)
Refactoring and improving core APIs; implementing client change requests. Setting up metrics, traces, and logs monitoring infrastructure to support operations. Designing GitOps deployment and infrastructure as code. Applications and Systems Configuration in ArgoCD and Openshift. Confluence documentation of design, approach, and solution. Tech Stack: Java 8 & 21, Spring framework, JSP, Javascript, Bash Scripts, SQL, Grafana Stack, Opentelemetry, Docker, DB2, Maven, Kubernetes Kompose.
Tomas Jiskra
Senior Agile Project Management / Professional Scrum Mastery
Last position:
Senior Agile Project Management / Professional Scrum Mastery at BRZ - Federal Computing Center (Federal Ministry of Finance)
- Deputy project manager for one of the largest projects in the Customs Union Code program, CEIS CDA for the Federal Ministry of Finance
- Budget planning and control
- Negotiations and ongoing communication with all relevant stakeholders
- Risk identification and assessment, and development of risk mitigation strategies
- Creation and implementation of action strategies to achieve project goals
- Efficient resource planning and allocation to support project requirements
- Managing the release process using agile methods and coordinating sprints for analysis, development, and testing phases
- Process optimizations and regular reporting for progress monitoring and decision making
Agnes Nagyistok
Senior Technical Project Manager
Last position:
Senior Technical Project Manager at LastPass
- Acting as the sole program owner for BizMax and SaaS Monitoring products, integrating enterprise business insights with platform reliability and health monitoring to drive revenue growth and operational confidence.
- Own delivery of complex B2B technical initiatives at LastPass, driving implementation of innovative security and platform features across the broader zero-knowledge ecosystem.
- Work with backend, frontend and DevOps teams; manage stakeholders from Product, Marketing, Engineering, Architecture, Security, Platform, UX, and Quality to define scope, priorities, success metrics, and delivery plans while driving technical decision processes.
- Lead program planning and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives; mentor cross-functional teams and act as the primary escalation point to remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.
- Drive annual strategic planning and budgeting, working with senior leadership and directors to align priorities, secure funding, and optimize resource allocation; proactively identify, manage, and mitigate technical, delivery, and dependency risks throughout the full program lifecycle, escalating issues early to minimize impact.
- Lead internal dogfooding initiatives and external beta programs, collaborating directly with customers to validate functionality, usability, and performance.
- Support go-to-market activities by contributing to customer-facing content, including blogs, talks, and product communications; own go-live readiness, hypercare coordination, and program closure, ensuring lessons learned are captured and applied for continuous improvement.
- Successfully led a large-scale greenfield program, designing and implementing end-to-end delivery and governance processes from scratch to deliver SaaS Monitoring and BizMax features, generating a multimillion-dollar increase in ARR and becoming a major revenue stream for the company.
- Designed repeatable AI-assisted workflows that improve planning accuracy and reporting efficiency.
- Founded and implemented standardized cross-team PMO processes and templates, including project overview, project brief, T-shirt sizing, risk register, ADR/RFC, release rollout plan, CAB, program closure, lessons learned, internal and external beta programs, and dogfooding, establishing a company-wide framework supporting delivery of the largest-scale programs.
- Mentored junior team members, new hires, and employees undergoing transformation initiatives, supporting skills development and adoption of modern delivery practices.
Christian Thür
Certified Senior Project Manager IPMA Level B
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
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.
Michael Vyborny
IT Sourcing Advisor
Last position:
Project Lead for SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Concur Migration at Telecommunications
- Led the migration to SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Concur
- Created and negotiated contracts for managed payroll and AMS services
- Extended service agreements with the existing provider
- Ensured data archiving, including contract negotiations
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
Markus Stüber
Project Manager (Focus on Technology and Processes)
Last position:
IT Transformation at Bundesrechenzentrum
- Multi-program management of an IT transformation in a public organization with 6000+ employees
Abd-Alla Hassan
Board Member
Last position:
Board Member at Youth Association M3 and Charity Abrar
Daniela Goldinger
Project Manager, Interim Manager
Last position:
Project Manager, Interim Manager at get projects.done
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.
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Project Managers statistics
Typical experience
25 years
Average project duration
2.7 years
Certifications per freelancer
4
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Most common languages
German, English, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
85%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Doctorate
20%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A Project Manager turns a vague objective into an executable plan. They define scope, organize tasks, manage dependencies, follow up on risks, and keep stakeholders informed. The goal is simple: keep delivery moving and prevent avoidable delays.
A freelancer makes sense when you need help now, for a defined piece of work, or to cover a gap. That is common for launches, implementations, reorganizations, and recovery work. It is also useful when the company already has the team but lacks a strong PM to coordinate it.
Look for structure, clear communication, and strong follow-through. A good project manager can run meetings, manage risks, write concise updates, and keep different functions aligned. Tool knowledge matters too, but judgment and stakeholder handling matter more.
Not always. A PMO lead usually focuses more on standards, reporting, and portfolio governance, while a program manager oversees several related projects. A Project Manager is usually responsible for one defined project or workstream and its day-to-day delivery.
In Vienna, freelance project managers are often used for corporate rollouts, transformation work, software projects, and cross-border coordination. Many clients need someone who can work smoothly with local teams and international stakeholders. English is often enough, but German helps in many settings.
Ask for examples of how they handled scope changes, conflict, missed deadlines, or unclear ownership. A strong Project Manager explains what they did, why it worked, and what they would do differently next time. Clear artifacts like plans, steering decks, and risk logs also help you judge their quality.
Both are possible. Many coordination tasks can be done remotely, especially reporting, planning, and stakeholder follow-up. On-site time helps when the project depends on workshops, leadership alignment, or close work with operational teams in Vienna.
Start with the project goal, current status, main stakeholders, timeline, and known risks. The better the brief, the faster a Project Manager can take control of the work. If you have existing plans or meeting notes, share them early so they can get up to speed quickly.
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