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Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Amit S.
Last position:
IT Project Manager – SAP S/4 HANA Delivery Consultant at CHG Meridian UK Limited
- Managed the integrated SAP S/4HANA delivery plan for 12 BTS workstreams, including milestone, dependency, and governance management.
- Coordinated end-to-end delivery across Business, IT, and Operations, focusing on execution, readiness, and issue resolution.
- Responsible for RAID, test, cutover, and deployment management to ensure a successful go-live.
- Implemented KPI tracking, status reporting, and PMO governance to provide transparent management of performance, risks, and escalations.
Paul K.
Last position:
Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence) at ITDZ - IT Service Center Berlin
- Overall leadership of several strategic operations projects focusing on Workplace Services, SLA Framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as the introduction of system monitoring and feasibility studies for 24x7 operations, in some cases including implementation in ServiceNow
- Creation of various ServiceNow operating concepts covering training, access rights, and emergency management as part of a new cloud hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
- Executive board reports and leadership of steering committees as part of company-wide strategic objectives, as well as the establishment of new balanced scorecards for measuring KPIs related to optimization-driven project results
Felix B.
Last position:
Digital Consultant and Solution Manager at Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Introduction of a new digital product to the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.
Point of contact and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams and international stakeholders.
Management of the entire program to coordinate complex digital projects.
Successful market launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).
Balancing local requirements with global priorities while taking tax and regulatory requirements into account.
Introduction of a new way of working to improve collaboration and coordination across locations.
Development and implementation of a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.
Use of Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, agile working, SAFe.
Project language: English.
Peter D.
Last position:
Security Consultant at Public-law institution of the city administration
- Requirements management, process planning, interface function, ISMS setup, and documentation
- Setup and establishment of an ISMS according to ISO 27001 and establishment of emergency management / ITSCM
- Coordination of the circumstances with the public-sector IT service provider
- Consideration of KRITIS relevance within the scope and implementation of a B3S
- Development of requirements for document control and the continuous improvement process
- Preparation of relevant project documents
- Analysis of existing processes and preparation of guidelines
- Requirements gathering for ISMS and ITSCM and coordination with the IT service provider, including definition of interfaces
- Analysis of communication processes and escalation paths
- Review of documents for risk management, ISMS, emergency preparedness, and emergency response
- Redesign of the complete documentation and preparation of new relevant documents
- Development of necessary rules, policies, and concepts
- Interface between customer and service provider to ensure document quality
- Coordination of protection needs with specialist departments, particularly regarding KRITIS relevance, and planning of resulting measures
- Development of preventive measures to minimize the risk of data center outages in scenarios such as pandemics or ransomware attacks
- Definition of the test strategy for IT emergency exercises
- Initiation of necessary awareness training measures for specialist departments
- External Information Security Officer
- Introduction of document control
Rainer V.
Last position:
Interim Consultant & Business Coach (Focus: Leadership & Competence Development) at bfz
Using periods between projects to deepen leadership skills and Change Management methods.
Personnel and culture development: Supporting specialists and managers with professional reorientation and providing strategic coaching for successful self-presentation.
Empowerment & Performance Coaching: Conducting systemic personality assessments to identify performance bottlenecks and specifically develop strengths within teams.
Moderation & Training: Managing interdisciplinary workshop and seminar groups in both industrial-technical and commercial environments.
Markus B.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at Lanxess
- Project: ESU Windows and SQL Server Consolidation / Configuration Management in ServiceNow
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all servers worldwide
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all SQL servers worldwide
- Conducted requirements analyses for SQL and server migrations
- Coordinated requirements with partners for migrations to Hyper-V (on-premises) or Azure Cloud
- Facilitated regular status meetings (Jour Fixe)
- Developed roadmaps and solution models for server migrations
- Set up test scenarios
- Facilitated workshops for the rollout of a global admin team
- Designed data models (CMDB) in ServiceNow
- Led workshops for the CMDB data model
- Developed solution models for the CMDB
- Created end-to-end configuration documentation and work instructions for the CMDB
- Prepared reports for license management
- Defined KPIs for data quality in ServiceNow
- Created a service catalog
- Facilitated workshops to define service requests
- Acted as interface between requirements analysis and the ServiceNow development team
- Systems used: Windows 7, Windows 10, Microsoft Office 365/2010, Windows Server 20xx, SQL Server 20xx, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, Hyper-V, ServiceNow, various tools
Ebru A.
Last position:
Product Analytics & App Tracking Consultant at EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG
- Product Analytics, Mobile App Tracking & Tracking Governance (B2C Mobility App) – agile project management (Scrum/Kanban)
- Product Ownership for Product Analytics and Mobile App Tracking of the EnBW mobility+ app; gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable concepts and Azure DevOps user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Derivation of tracking requirements when introducing new app features (including Resilient Map), definition of tracking parameters (screens, events, custom definitions), and ensuring privacy-compliant tracking (Firebase, GA4, Adjust) based on the tracking concept.
- Design and adaptation of dashboards and funnel reporting for campaigns (GA4 validation, onboarding and order flow analyses, conversion funnels, charging start flow) to identify drop-off points and optimization potential.
- Management of the technical raw data export (Adjust to BigQuery) and connection to the data warehouse/data lakehouse, including data mapping; collaboration with international development teams, Data Engineering, Marketing/Sales, and Product Management.
- Establishment of standardized tracking architecture, naming conventions, and governance; analysis and expansion of tracking (new features and “blind spots”), test design, handover to testers, and quality assurance and approval before releases; documentation in Conceptboard.
Wolfgang O.
Last position:
Project Manager at EnBW - Netze Südwest
- New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM
IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U
- CRM implementation / further development
- Taking over from the previous service provider
- Business process analysis
- Agile project organization
- Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
- Use of AI in development
- Analysis of master data processes
- CRM customer data management
- Requirements documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Workshop moderation
Christian F.
Last position:
Architecture Management at Agency
Expert in the company's architecture management area
Support for standardizing the company's IT landscape
Further development of architecture management
Shaping the company's business architecture
Restructuring, administration and maintenance of all IT assets
Support in creating a unified software asset management and CMDB
Creation of unified document management (e-file)
Transition of documents into a central DMS structure
Link between architecture management and the department's internal business process management
Support in developing strategic and tactical development plans
Organizing communication with key stakeholders
Support in the conception, organization and coordination of the architecture office to be built up
Accompanying and advising the entire architecture management process
Advising the company's business units on architectural topics and their framework conditions
MS Office, Windows 10, VBA
ITIL, TOGAF, PowerBi, Kanban, Scrum
Internal agency tools
Open Touch Conversation, Webex, wire, bdbos
MS Sharepoint, JIRA, Confluence
ARIS, Archimate, BPMN
Fred S.
Last position:
Owner / Senior Consultant at Schröder Consultants UG
- Conclusion of partner agreements with OnePlan (portfolio management) and ForProject/EVMS (project controlling); ongoing qualification and implementation of both tools.
- Project management for the relaunch of [link] with a new focus on integrated PM/PPM toolchains.
- Development and implementation of approx. 60 PM standard methods (PMSP, CMSP, QMSP) according to ICB4 & PMBoK8 as a database application on MS Power Automate / M365 / MS Project, with a planned cloud launch in 2025.
- Deployment and cut-over standard process defined as Quality Gate QG07: go-live plan, cut-over plan, communication package, production launch, smoke test in production, hypercare team, incident and SLA management, confirmation of production stability and operational handover.
- Development of a classification and retrieval system (TOC) for ChatGPT projects to enable immediate cross-application object activation.
Tools: LinkedIn, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Infinity, MS Copilot, OnePlan, EVMS/ForProject, Power Automate, SQL DB, O365, MS Project, MS Cloud, ICB4, PMBoK7, M365, Teams
Marco S.
Last position:
IT Consulting & Project Management at acardo
- Project management for customer projects
- Requirements analysis
- Product Owner
Yusuf D.
Last position:
Senior Project Management Transformation & Data at BG-PREVENT
A nationwide service provider for occupational medicine, occupational safety and health management, focusing on prevention, health and digital transformation.
- Role: Responsible for establishing and further developing professional project portfolio management in the Digital Transformation & Data area. Managing and supporting strategic IT and transformation projects, as well as supporting the introduction and establishment of project management standards, methods and governance structures.
Key areas:
- Establishment and further development of IT project portfolio management
- Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements
- Management and coordination of cross-functional IT initiatives
- Stakeholder management at department, management and service provider level
- Introduction and further development of project management methods and tools (including Jira, Confluence, MS Planner)
- Preparation of decision-making documents, target visions and implementation concepts in the context of digital transformation
- Management and coordination of transformation, digitalization and organizational projects
- Preparation of decision templates and management documents for executive committees
- Conducting workshops and stakeholder management with departments and IT teams
- Definition of requirements for dashboards, reporting and KPI management
- Participation in the Wissenskompass project (requirements analysis and MVP concept)
- Analysis and evaluation of AI support opportunities in Knowledge Management
- Investigation of AI use cases to improve knowledge provision and use
- Consideration of AI requirements as part of the Wissenskompass concept
- Coordination with strategic departments to further develop project management standards
- Introduction, configuration and training for Microsoft Planner to support project and task management
- Conducting user training and supporting employees in the introduction of new ways of working and tools
Kai Z.
Last position:
Enterprise Program Manager / Program Lead at YouGov Consumer Panel Services
The program supports the comprehensive realignment of the German Consumer Panel Services business. It combines a significant panel boost with the reprocessing of historical data and the integration of new receipt data. By significantly expanding and stabilizing the panel with the involvement of external partners, the aim is to improve the validity of the data base and create a reliable foundation for methodology, weighting and customer reporting. At the same time, historically grown processes for data delivery, OCR, matching, item QC, methodology and reporting are being harmonized, further developed technologically and reorganized. The goal is a scalable end-to-end landscape with higher data quality, clear responsibilities, reliable governance and sustainably manageable operational processes.
- Overall management of the restatement program, including the integrated roadmap as well as milestones, dependencies, risks and management decisions.
- Coordination of the panel boost and alignment of the required data deliveries, quality requirements and prerequisites for methodology, weighting and reporting.
- Alignment of business, product, data science, technology, operations and external partners around a shared target picture, aligned priorities and an integrated approach.
- Design of the organizational change triggered by the fundamental realignment of the data base, methodology and management logic, which has a lasting impact on established decision-making and collaboration patterns.
- Establishment and further development of governance, reporting and escalation structures as well as program-wide monitoring and operational processes for reliable management and sustainable handover.
- Management of critical data, technology and provider dependencies, including reprocessing, OCR transition and the timely synchronization of delivery, testing, methodology and reporting.
- Orchestration of international collaboration with teams and stakeholders in Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Romania, as well as with external suppliers in Germany and Austria.
Impact Areas and Expertise: Program & Delivery Leadership, Business & Technology Alignment, Organization & Transformation, Governance & Sustainable Operations, Strategy & Target, Methodic Leadership, Transformation & Change Leadership, Executive Advisory
Timo S.
Last position:
IT Project Manager / IT Demand Manager at Schuhmann IT-Consulting
- Managed (Scrum / Agile) and monitored IT projects, including project controlling, service provider management, reporting, risk management and coordination of all stakeholders
- Planned and supported the go-live and hypercare phase
- Captured, assessed and prioritized requirements for demand-oriented planning and management of IT resources
- Supported the introduction of the CRIF provider for real-time decision-making in sales, fraud prevention, sanctions list screening and scalable payment processes
- Prepared status reports and decision papers for the executive board
- Planned and managed IT projects for the implementation, optimization or migration of e-commerce systems (e.g. shop systems, payment integration, order to cash)
- Coordinated interdisciplinary teams from development, UX/UI, marketing and logistics to deliver project objectives on time
- Analyzed requirements and prepared technical specifications in close coordination with stakeholders and external service providers
- Ensured the quality, performance and security of e-commerce platforms through testing, monitoring and continuous optimization
- Organized meetings with stakeholders, e.g. Demand Thinking, Warm-Up, Impact Board and program planning
- Managed and prioritized demands as well as DMP controlling and communication of results from the Impact Board and KPI analysis
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Statistics of experts using IT Service Management
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Experience
24 years

Position duration
3 years

Positions per freelancer
15

Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
47%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
6

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 9 Oct 2026.
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IT Service 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 (93%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Banking and Finance (54%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Automotive (43%)
- Government and Administration (39%)
- Insurance (36%)
- Retail (35%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What ITSM covers
IT Service Management, commonly called ITSM, defines how organisations plan, deliver, support and improve technology services. It covers the full service lifecycle, from user requests and incidents to changes, problems, assets and service levels. The goal is reliable service with clear ownership and measurable outcomes.
Platforms and methods
ITSM specialists work with established practices such as ITIL alongside platforms that turn those practices into daily workflows. Common environments include ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, BMC Helix, Ivanti and Freshservice. Useful adjacent skills include CMDB design, identity management, monitoring, automation, reporting and integrations through APIs.
Typical delivery work
Companies bring in freelance expertise for focused improvements or broader service transformations. Typical deliverables include:
- Service catalogue and request workflows
- Incident, problem and change processes
- CMDB and configuration data structures
- Service-level reporting and dashboards
- Tool migrations, integrations and automation
When specialists help
External specialists are valuable when a service desk is growing, processes vary between teams or a platform implementation has stalled. They can assess the current operating model, define practical workflows and transfer knowledge to internal teams. In Germany, they may support distributed organisations remotely or work on site when workshops and stakeholder alignment require it.
Skills that matter
Strong ITSM professionals combine process knowledge with operational judgment. They understand how support teams, infrastructure, security, applications and business owners depend on one another. They can translate service goals into queue design, permissions, escalation paths, knowledge content and useful reporting without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Choosing the right expert
Look for evidence of outcomes that match the assignment, such as a clean platform rollout, better request fulfilment or a more trusted configuration database. Ask how the specialist handles adoption, exceptions, data quality and governance, not only how they configure a tool. German-language communication can matter for local service teams, while remote collaboration works well when documentation, workshop routines and decision rights are clear.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around IT Service Management.
IT Service Management organises the way technology services are delivered and supported. Companies use ITSM for incident resolution, service requests, changes, problems, assets, knowledge and service-level coordination.
IT Service Management is the operating discipline for managing technology services, while ITIL is a widely used body of guidance for improving that discipline. A specialist may apply ITIL practices without treating them as a rigid template.
IT Service Management work often involves ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, BMC Helix, Ivanti or Freshservice. The right tool depends on process maturity, integrations, governance, user needs and the organisation’s existing technology landscape.
IT Service Management benefits from related skills in CMDB design, IT operations, monitoring, identity and access management, automation, reporting and API integration. Knowledge management and organisational change are also important when new workflows affect many teams.
IT Service Management assignments need experience that matches their scope rather than a generic seniority label. A workflow adjustment may suit a platform specialist, while a service transformation calls for someone who has handled governance, process design, migration and adoption.
IT Service Management projects can often be delivered remotely through structured workshops, shared documentation and regular service reviews. On-site sessions may still help with discovery and stakeholder alignment, while German-language communication can be important for local support teams.
IT Service Management quality is visible in practical outcomes: clear ownership, usable workflows, reliable data and reporting that supports decisions. Ask for examples of how the specialist managed exceptions, adoption, integrations and continuous improvement.
IT Service Management support is useful when incidents recur, request handling is inconsistent, a platform rollout is delayed or teams lack a shared service model. An external specialist can provide an impartial assessment, accelerate delivery and leave behind documented processes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects is 113 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 903 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 47% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Professional Services (63%), and Banking and Finance (54%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (92%), and Operations (77%).
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