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Alexander P.

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Interim CIO / Head of IT · Program Management · Enterprise Architect · SAP S/4HANA · AI & Data

Vienna
Alexander P.

Last position:

Owner & Lecturer at Own company for AI governance and data products, Vienna

  • Consulting and interim management at the interface between IT operations and regulation
  • Impact analysis and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
  • Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
  • Lectures in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, since 2023
  • Supervision of master’s theses and participation in the examination board
  • Presentations for business and educational institutions
  • Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
  • Privacy-first architectures and zero-knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
  • MLOps and AIOps in live operations
  • Own applications under own brand: shared codebase, separate delivery for each target device
  • AI-assisted software development (vibe coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
  • Publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
  • Publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
  • AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
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Jerry B.

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Senior IT Transformation, Governance & Program Manager

Wien
Jerry B.

Last position:

Owner at DIGIPM Consulting e.U.

  • From 02/2023 to 05/2024: IT interim manager within an international construction chemicals group headquartered in Germany as Global TSA Manager in a carve-out project responsible for the IT workstream.

  • End-to-end management of an international IT carve-out and TSA program, including transition of five service providers, governance and operating structures, service continuity, provider performance, SLA/KPI and cost management, SIAM and supplier management, security services, operational readiness, and transition into stable operations.

  • From 06/2024: IT consulting in project management and IT service management areas, providing PM/PMO coaching and support.

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Thomas P.

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Leading global organizational change executive / digital transformation & post-merger integration

Wien
Thomas P.

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Change Manager / Sales Transformation at SEFE

  • Organizational Change Management as part of a group-wide, supranational sales transformation, serving as the core of a broad restructuring of business-critical areas, with end-to-end control of the change process and long-term embedding and securing the future readiness of sales.
  • Initiation and end-to-end steering of the sales transformation program, including in-depth analysis to identify, assess, and strategically involve all relevant stakeholders, making tactical use of their specific business interests and influence.
  • Conducting advanced, detailed change impact analyses to predict the organizational effects of the transformation, deriving a tailored change strategy, and developing a change roadmap and a change story as the core narrative of the campaign.
  • Designing and implementing an integrated communication and action plan to ensure maximum transparency, effectively manage unspoken expectations, and actively guide a change process that is clear and understandable for all stakeholders.
  • Active management of all transformation phases, including the setup of robust monitoring mechanisms for continuous progress analysis and forecasting based on recommended and jointly defined KPIs.
  • Establishing an agile analysis and adjustment cycle to continuously assess the effectiveness of implemented measures, identify challenges early, and fine-tune the change strategy in time.
  • Conducting precise gap analyses to identify skill gaps in the sales team in the context of the new strategic direction, and deriving and developing targeted qualification measures (e.g. coaching, training).
  • Comprehensive reduction of resistance to change by turning opposing stakeholder mindsets into proactive change-driving change ambassadors.
  • Deep and sustainable realignment of sales structures and processes in full alignment with the company’s overall goals.
  • Qualitative and quantitative improvement of sales efficiency and performance as a direct result of the implemented transformation initiatives and capability-building programs.
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Mario M.

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IT Consultant & Full-Stack Developer | AI-Assisted Development | QA Engineer and Test Manager

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Mario M.

Last position:

Co-Founder and CTO at B2B SaaS Recruiting Platform

Complete build of a B2B SaaS platform for recruitment agencies

  • Multi-source job aggregation via ATS APIs
  • AI-assisted career page scraping
  • Rule-based and AI-assisted matching
  • Credit-based monetization model with Stripe integration
  • Live in production since July 2026

Tech stack

  • NestJS
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • pgvector
  • Claude AI
  • Prisma
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Daniel S.

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Full-Stack Developer & AI Engineer

Salzburg
Daniel S.

Last position:

AI Automation in E-Commerce at Looops

  • AI automation roadmap for a D2C/B2B e-commerce company.
  • Customer service bot with RAG over support tickets and product data, OCR pipeline for incoming invoices with writeback to Business Central, lead gen and posting automation.
  • Deterministic n8n workflows with EU-hosted models.
  • n8n, RAG / Mistral, Qwen/BGE embeddings / Business Central API, HubSpot, Shopify / Scaleway, S3 / Claude Code, OpenCode.
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Stefania D.

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Analytics & Data Engineer

Vienna
Stefania D.

Last position:

Data Engineer at Storebox

Tech: AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift), Airflow, PostgreSQL, Python, PySpark, Metabase, Power BI

Delivered: Analytics-Ready Data Models • Legacy SQL to Cloud ETL Migration • Dynamic Pricing Engine

  • Owned and evolved the company data warehouse end-to-end — from ingestion to transformation to analytics-ready dimensional data models on AWS Redshift.
  • Collaborated with Analysts, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable dimensional data models that enable self-serve analytics and streamline dashboarding in Metabase and Power BI.
  • Architected end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines on AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift) using Python and PySpark, orchestrated with Apache Airflow (MWAA) for reliability and observability.
  • Defined and enforced data quality standards and governance practices across pipelines and the core data layer.
  • Led migration of legacy SQL infrastructure into scalable AWS Glue pipelines with distributed PySpark processing, eliminating bottlenecks and reducing downtime.
  • Developed a dynamic pricing engine applying automated promotional discounts based on occupancy rates, competitor pricing, and location performance tiers.
  • Designed schema mappings to ingest MongoDB data into structured relational systems (Redshift/PostgreSQL).
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Nikolaus J.

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Solution Architect

Graz
Nikolaus J.

Last position:

Solution Architect at HIT Baumärkte

  • Leading high-impact retail digital transformation focused on data integration, app integration, and next-generation customer engagement strategies.
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André L.

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AI Solutions Consultant | Conversational AI | AI Agents | Production Delivery

Vienna
André L.

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Founder & Managing Director at lesswork Productivity Solutions e.U.

  • Design and deploy production multilingual AI voice-agent solutions for customer service, lead capture, after-hours support and front-office automation use cases.
  • Delivered three client implementations spanning Europe, Asia and North America, including multilingual support, sales/lead-capture and privacy-sensitive intake workflows.
  • Translate business requirements into conversation flows, prompt architecture, knowledge grounding, fallback and handoff logic, guardrails, consent gates and structured data capture; production support deployments include knowledge bases of approximately 1,000 grounded Q&A entries per language.
  • Build scenario-based evaluation and regression QA covering normal flows, edge cases, failure modes, handoff behaviour and acceptance criteria; coordinate fixes through production readiness and rollout.
  • Work hands-on across Retell, ElevenLabs Agents, Twilio, Supabase/PostgreSQL, Vercel, APIs/webhooks and CRM workflows; lead discovery, demos, solution shaping and cross-functional delivery.

Sector: AI voice automation / customer workflow design

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Stefan M.

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Project Manager

Wien
Stefan M.

Last position:

Project Manager at German NPO

  • General project management
  • Design of a CRM system using a Design Sprint
  • Creation of a prototype
  • Conducting user tests
  • Preparation of a tender
  • Creation of an implementation roadmap
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Jörg P.

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Product Owner, IT Project Manager and Business Analyst

Wien
Jörg P.

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Process Manager (70%) / Business Analyst (30%) at T-Mobile Austria GmbH (Magenta)

  • BSS system implementation for B2B / transformation of the central B2B system landscape
  • End-to-end business responsibility for defining, structuring and prioritizing key B2B business processes as part of a complex BSS transformation.
  • Work in an agile, SAFe-like setup with multiple teams involved, along with regular coordination with business, IT, solution design and architecture.
  • Translation of business requirements into implementable epics, features, user stories, process models and acceptance criteria as the basis for technical implementation.
  • Close collaboration with solution design and architecture to assess technical dependencies, interfaces, data flows and system impacts.
  • Management of target process design as the basis for implementation in Infonova BSS.
  • Interface management between business departments, IT, architecture, development and operational units, including facilitation of cross-functional workshops.
  • Ensuring process consistency, governance, decision-making capability and business acceptance as part of the system implementation.
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Shahram F.

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Senior Product Owner / Senior Business Analyst

Wien
Shahram F.

Last position:

Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch

Delivered a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform to connect older adults with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsible for business analysis, requirement definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution focusing on AI-driven enhancements, data-based optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluated several low-code/business platforms including Odoo and Glide Apps and assessed monday.com as a CRM-like option before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implemented a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the web presence with WordPress. Tasks

  • Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
  • Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
  • Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
  • Defining core user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older adults, volunteers and administration
  • Translating business requirements into functional requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
  • Guiding the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps as well as the web presence in WordPress
  • Preparing the business side for future AI-powered features such as intelligent matching and data-based optimization
  • Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
  • Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older adults with volunteers
  • Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
  • Delivered a functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and a supporting web presence with WordPress
  • Established foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
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Plamen M.

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Head of Service & Operations Management

Vienna
Plamen M.

Last position:

Head of Service & Operations Management at Raiffeisen Bank International

  • Shaping service management framework as part of head office of RBI
  • Service owner overseeing IT cloud services, accountable for overall quality, lifecycle, and success
  • Managing customer relationships and satisfaction for 10 business units ensuring smooth business continuity and operations
  • Single point of contact and service/process owner providing T-shaped expertise in IT domains, cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Orca, CRM, GitHub, SFMC)
  • ITSM/ITIL implementation and mentoring including design, definition, mapping, and execution
  • Change and release management, UAT/test assurance, major incident management, SDLC management
  • Managing regulatory and audit requirements, DORA, GDPR, ITPF compliance and reporting
  • Acting as a point of escalation for complex customer issues, resolving conflicts, fostering a customer-centric culture
  • People management: leading and managing service delivery teams, DevOps, vendors, and third-party teams
  • Cross-tribe service delivery and contract management: KPIs, SLAs, OLAs, RPO, RTO, BCM/SCM management
  • Agile/Scrum process delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and budget/cost management
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Peter S.

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Lead Software Architect

Gaspoltshofen
Peter S.

Last position:

Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH

  • Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
  • Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
  • Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
  • Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
  • Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
  • Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
  • Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
  • Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
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Christian P.

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Migration Lead for Accounting & Year-End Closing Tests

Vienna
Christian P.

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Migration Lead for Accounting & Year-End Closing Tests at Raiffeisenverband Salzburg

  • Project and test management for the accounting migration
  • Coordination of resources
  • Planning, creation and alignment of scenarios with functional experts and IT product owners
  • Responsibility for accounting KPIs of the migration cockpit
  • System environment: Jira, XRay, Confluence

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Statistics of experts using Customer Relationship Management

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

22 years

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria have 22 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

3.2 years

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria stay in a single position for 3.2 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

14

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria have completed 14 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.

Bachelor's degree or higher

83%

83% of Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

68%

68% of Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

2%

2% of Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

98%

98% of Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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14 of the Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria charge less than €800 per day.
29 of the Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
8 of the Customer Relationship Management experts in Austria charge €1200 or more per day.
<€800 €800-​1200 €1200+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology 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 of experts in Austria using Customer Relationship Management

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 886 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 880 €

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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Customer Relationship Management experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (80%)
  • Professional Services (55%)
  • Banking and Finance (49%)
  • Telecommunication (45%)
  • Retail (44%)
  • Transportation (38%)
  • Manufacturing (36%)
  • Insurance (31%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What CRM does

Customer Relationship Management, commonly called CRM, combines processes, customer data and software for managing relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Companies use it to organize leads, sales activities, service cases, campaigns and account history in one operating system. A well-designed CRM gives teams a shared view of every customer interaction and a reliable basis for follow-up.

Core use cases

CRM work spans commercial, service and operational processes across many industries.

  • Lead capture, qualification and sales pipeline design
  • Account, contact and activity management
  • Customer service case handling and knowledge workflows
  • Marketing segmentation, journeys and campaign attribution
  • Forecasting, dashboards and management reporting

Ecosystem and tooling

Professionals may work with Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM or industry-specific systems. Their work often includes workflow automation, permissions, data models, reporting and integrations with ERP, marketing, finance, support and communication tools. APIs, webhooks, ETL processes and identity management matter when CRM data must move reliably between systems.

When companies need specialists

Companies bring in freelance CRM specialists during a new implementation, migration, process redesign or platform change. They also need support when adoption is low, data quality is inconsistent, reporting cannot be trusted or sales and service teams work in separate tools. In Austria, experts may collaborate remotely or on site with teams that expect clear German and English communication, depending on the organization.

What strong professionals deliver

Strong CRM professionals connect business goals with practical configuration. They map customer journeys, challenge unnecessary customizations and translate requirements into maintainable workflows, fields and permissions. They also plan data migration, test integrations, document decisions and train users so the system supports daily work rather than becoming another administrative burden.

Choosing the right expertise

Assess candidates against the platform, process scope and integration landscape of the project. Ask for examples of comparable CRM implementations, migration plans, automation logic and reporting structures rather than focusing only on software familiarity. The right specialist can explain trade-offs clearly, protect data quality and define measurable acceptance criteria without losing sight of user adoption.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Customer Relationship Management.

Customer Relationship Management is used to organize customer records, sales opportunities, service interactions and marketing activity. A CRM system gives teams a shared history of contacts and helps automate follow-ups, approvals, reporting and customer support processes.

CRM focuses on customer-facing work such as leads, accounts, opportunities and service cases. Spreadsheets can support simple tracking but become difficult to govern at scale, while ERP software usually centers on finance, supply chain and back-office operations; the systems often need to exchange data.

A capable Customer Relationship Management specialist may work with Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Zoho CRM. Useful adjacent skills include business process analysis, data migration, API integration, marketing automation, identity management, reporting and user training.

The required experience depends on the scope, data condition and integration risk. A focused configuration may need a specialist who knows the selected platform well, while a transformation involving multiple business units, migrations and custom integrations calls for broader solution and change-management experience.

Yes. CRM projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because requirements, configuration, testing and documentation can be handled in shared tools. On-site workshops may still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment and user training, particularly when teams in Austria prefer German-language collaboration.

Look for a clear explanation of discovery, data ownership, permissions, testing and adoption. Strong Customer Relationship Management professionals show how they reduce unnecessary customization, protect data quality and connect configuration choices to specific sales, service or marketing outcomes.

Define the business processes, user groups, current systems, data sources and desired integrations before the engagement starts. It also helps to document pain points, reporting needs, migration constraints and the decisions the freelancer must make during discovery.

No. CRM can support sales, customer service, marketing, partner management and account operations. Its value comes from connecting these activities around consistent customer data, shared processes and appropriate access rather than limiting the system to pipeline tracking.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 886 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 68% hold at least a Master's degree, and 2% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects are English (100%), German (95%), and French (33%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Professional Services (55%), and Banking and Finance (49%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Customer Relationship Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Project Management (71%), and Operations (64%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Customer Relationship Management

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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