Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt
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Christopher Zulauf
Senior Consultant for Structure & Decision-Making – Moderation and Steering of Complex Business & IT Transformations
Last position:
IT Product Manager / Transformation Consultant at Leading German financial services provider
Further development & digitalization of key sales and application processes in a regulated banking environment, including requirements structuring, roadmap work, and AI-supported use case evaluation
Responsibilities & impact:
- Support of existing digital products in the sense of stable operations (keep the lights on) amid growing regulatory complexity
- Product vision and derivation of a consistent, feasible roadmap
- Identification, structuring, and evaluation of AI-supported use cases at the interface of business, IT, and the regulatory environment
- Analysis, structuring, and translation of complex business requirements into epics and user stories
- Moderation of team, stakeholder, and alignment formats to ensure clarity of goals, collaboration, and decision-making
- Maintenance of transparent structures and documentation (LeanIX, application profiles, runbooks)
Contribution to results:
Stabilization and further development of key financial processes under high regulatory and technical complexity. Improved transparency, decision-making, and implementability through structured requirements, reviewable documentation, and AI-supported ways of working.
Malte Lohrberg
Product Owner, Product Developer, AI Manager & Organizational Consultant
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
Malte Lohrberg
Product Owner, Product Developer, AI Manager & Organizational Consultant
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting.
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
Justina Kmiecik
Data Management & Governance Manager
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Change & Data Transformation at Freelance Fast Data Consulting
Project, strategic consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
- Designed and negotiated the data strategy with key stakeholders and obtained sign-off from the board (strategic consulting) – including regulatory advice on data regulation in the EU and specifically in Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Defined milestones and the technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core data change project, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Designed and developed solution concepts for new end-to-end processes, including technical interfaces
- Defined synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analyzed and validated data models
- Communicated with stakeholders from product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams to support decision-making
- Performed analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to evaluate downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documented and commented on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project: digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Helped shape foundational decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historical data and user login functionality
- Developed business solution concepts for the migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Supported analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Actively coordinated with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements
- Created test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
Justina Kmiecik
Data Management & Governance Manager
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Change & Data Transformation at Freelance Fast Data Consulting
Project, strategic consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
Project, strategic consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
- Designed and negotiated the data strategy with key stakeholders and obtained sign-off from the board (strategic consulting) – including regulatory advice on data regulation in the EU and specifically in Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Defined milestones and the technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core data change project, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Designed and developed solution concepts for new end-to-end processes, including technical interfaces
- Defined synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analyzed and validated data models
- Communicated with stakeholders from product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams to support decision-making
- Performed analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to evaluate downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documented and commented on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project: digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Helped shape foundational decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historical data and user login functionality
- Developed business solution concepts for the migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Supported analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Actively coordinated with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements
- Created test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
- Designed and negotiated the data strategy with key stakeholders and obtained sign-off from the board (strategic consulting) – including regulatory advice on data regulation in the EU and specifically in Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Defined milestones and the technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core data change project, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Designed and developed solution concepts for new end-to-end processes, including technical interfaces
- Defined synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analyzed and validated data models
- Communicated with stakeholders from product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams to support decision-making
- Performed analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to evaluate downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documented and commented on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project: digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Helped shape foundational decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historical data and user login functionality
- Developed business solution concepts for the migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Supported analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Actively coordinated with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements
- Created test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
Dominik Bahr
Independent Advisor for M&A, Transformation and Restructuring
Last position:
Independent Advisor for M&A, Transformation and Restructuring at EquiNexT Consulting
- Advise corporates, start-ups and investors on M&A, PMI, carve-out, value creation and restructuring initiatives (scope depending on mandate)
- Drove M&A readiness for a MedTech start-up by building the business case, developing an integrated financial & target operating model
Dominik Bahr
Independent Advisor for M&A, Transformation and Restructuring
Last position:
Independent Advisor for M&A, Transformation and Restructuring at EquiNexT Consulting
- Advise corporates, start-ups and investors on M&A, PMI, carve-out, value creation and restructuring initiatives (scope depending on mandate)
- Advise corporates, start-ups and investors on M&A, PMI, carve-out, value creation and restructuring initiatives (scope depending on mandate)
- Drove M&A readiness for a MedTech start-up by building the business case, developing an integrated financial & target operating model
- Drove M&A readiness for a MedTech start-up by building the business case, developing an integrated financial & target operating model
Mohammad Speen
AI Consultant | Digital Transformation | AI Solutions
Last position:
AI instructor (German & English)
Presenting AI-related topics in German and English, supporting learners, and working in a highly project-oriented way.
Mohammad Speen
AI Consultant | Digital Transformation | AI Solutions
Last position:
AI instructor (German & English)
Presenting AI-related topics in German and English, supporting learners, and working in a highly project-oriented way.
Presenting AI-related topics in German and English, supporting learners, and working in a highly project-oriented way.
Janine Damjanovic
Project Manager Learning & People Development, Talent Acquisition
Last position:
Project Manager Learning & People Development, Talent Acquisition at Rewe Group
- Development and implementation of strategies for team development
- Introduction of agile working methods with a focus on prioritization and product organization
- Change management and support of digital transformation
Janine Damjanovic
Project Manager Learning & People Development, Talent Acquisition
Last position:
Project Manager Learning & People Development, Talent Acquisition at Rewe Group
- Development and implementation of strategies for team development
- Introduction of agile working methods with a focus on prioritization and product organization
- Change management and support of digital transformation
- Development and implementation of strategies for team development
- Introduction of agile working methods with a focus on prioritization and product organization
- Change management and support of digital transformation
Lukas Fastabend
Senior Consultant Strategy & Transformation
- Professional reorientation and exit from management consulting
Lukas Fastabend
Senior Consultant Strategy & Transformation
- Professional reorientation and exit from management consulting
- Professional reorientation and exit from management consulting
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Transformation Consultants statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Education, Banking and Finance, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
83%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
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About the role
What they do
Transformation consultants turn strategy into an executable plan. They shape the change agenda, align leaders, and define how the organisation, processes, systems, and teams need to move. In practice, they support programs that touch operating models, restructuring, digital workflows, and cross-functional change.
- Assess current state and transformation readiness
- Define target operating models and change roadmaps
- Support stakeholder alignment and executive communication
- Translate business goals into workstreams and deliverables
Typical work
The best transformation consultants work across business, IT, and delivery teams. They often support ERP rollouts, shared service set-ups, post-merger integration, process redesign, or large change programs where priorities are unclear and momentum is fragile.
They build decision papers, workshop materials, governance models, and action plans. Strong consultants also track dependencies, risks, and adoption issues so leaders can make timely calls.
Skills and tools
A strong Transformation Consultant combines structure, judgment, and calm facilitation. They need to listen well, challenge assumptions, and keep complex groups focused on outcomes.
- Change management and stakeholder mapping
- Process design and operating model thinking
- Workshop facilitation and executive communication
- Program governance, risk tracking, and action management
- Familiarity with tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Jira, Confluence, and process mapping tools
When companies hire
Companies bring in freelance transformation consultants when they need extra capacity, a neutral outside view, or specialist experience for a time-bound program. This is common when the internal team is too close to the problem or already busy with delivery.
In Frankfurt, demand often comes from financial services, corporate functions, logistics, and industrial groups that need disciplined change work and clear communication across German and English-speaking teams.
What strong professionals deliver
Top freelancers do more than document meetings. They create clarity, keep leaders aligned, and turn broad goals into concrete next steps.
- A realistic plan with clear ownership
- Simple, decision-ready management material
- Structured stakeholder and change support
- Visible progress across business and delivery teams
How to choose well
Look for a consultant who has worked on similar transformations, not just general project support. For example, an experienced transformation consultant should be able to explain how they handled resistance, dealt with dependencies, and kept delivery moving when priorities changed.
Ask for examples of workshop outputs, governance setups, and the way they report progress to senior stakeholders. In Frankfurt, it also helps if the person can work comfortably in mixed local and international teams, both on-site and remotely.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Transformation Consultant helps turn a change ambition into a workable plan. That usually means clarifying the target state, defining workstreams, supporting stakeholder alignment, and keeping the program on track. The role is practical and cross-functional, not purely advisory.
The core skills are structured thinking, facilitation, stakeholder management, and clear communication. Strong transformation consultants also understand how processes, organisation design, and delivery governance fit together. They should be able to move between executive discussions and detailed work planning without losing the thread.
A Transformation Consultant often covers a broader mix of strategy translation, operating model design, and implementation support. A project manager focuses more on delivery control, while a change manager focuses more on adoption and communication. In many programs, these roles work together, but they are not the same.
Freelance support makes sense when the need is tied to a program, a redesign, a merger, or a specific business challenge. It is also useful when you need fresh perspective or immediate capacity without building a permanent role around short-term work. Many companies use freelancers to bridge a gap while internal teams stay focused on operations.
Expect practical outputs such as target operating model material, workshop results, roadmaps, governance slides, stakeholder maps, and action trackers. A good transformation consultant also helps convert discussion into decisions. The documents should be clear enough for leadership and usable for the teams doing the work.
Both models work, but the best setup depends on the program. Remote work is often fine for analysis, planning, and coordination, while on-site time helps with workshops, leadership alignment, and sensitive change topics. In Frankfurt, many clients prefer a hybrid setup for roles that touch both business and IT teams.
Ask for concrete examples from similar transformations, not general claims. A strong Transformation Consultant can explain how they handled resistance, aligned executives, and kept work moving when priorities changed. Look for crisp thinking, useful outputs, and a calm way of working with senior stakeholders.
You need to be comfortable with ambiguity, stakeholder politics, and fast context shifts. A good transformation consultant is expected to listen, structure problems quickly, and support decisions without creating extra noise. In Frankfurt, being able to work with both German and international teams is often an advantage.
The average hourly rate for Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt is 116 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 932 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 83% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers working as Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt are Education (57%), Banking and Finance (57%), and Information Technology (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Transformation Consultants in Frankfurt are Information Technology (86%), Operations (86%), and Project Management (86%).
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