Bridge a leadership gap
An important role is temporarily vacant. We help maintain decision-making, direction and collaboration while you prepare to fill the role permanently.
Interim management
Leadership is needed, and your initiatives must keep moving.
Our experienced consultants take on clearly defined responsibility for a set period — to build capabilities, manage critical situations or bridge a leadership gap.
What it is about
Interim management for IT, products and programs.
When leadership is missing or additional responsibility is needed, our experienced consultants take on a clearly defined interim mandate. They lead teams, make agreed decisions and keep initiatives moving. A structured handover to your organization is part of the assignment from the start.
Customer voices
Working together, from our clients’ perspective.
Original quotes in German.
Wir waren froh, einen neutralen und erfahrenen Mann zu haben, der uns von Produktstrategie über Auswahl des besten Partners bis hin zur operativen Steuerung der Umsetzung unterstützt hat. Alexander hat das Projekt sehr pragmatisch nach vorne getrieben, so dass wir die Plattform Ende April erfolgreich live nehmen konnten.
Benjamin DörichSales Director - SevenOne Media GmbH
Typical situations
When responsibility needs to be covered at short notice.
Build something new
A new team, product area or IT unit needs to be established. Interim leadership can create structures, clarify tasks and get collaboration started.
Stabilize an initiative
A program or business unit needs additional leadership during a demanding phase. We help organize the situation, set priorities and make delivery manageable again.
Our contribution
Lead operationally and bring the organization with us.
An interim mandate is more than temporarily filling a position. We take on a specific assignment with defined goals, responsibilities and decision-making authority. This might involve leading a product area, an IT team or a program.
We work with existing leaders and teams, create transparency and address obstacles. We explicitly agree which decisions fall within the mandate and which will be taken jointly with you. This keeps responsibility clear.
How we work
From the mandate to a structured handover.
Agree the assignment and framework
We clarify the situation, expected outcomes and necessary authority. Important interfaces, reporting lines and the succession plan are also part of this discussion.
Take on leadership
The interim leader works in day-to-day operations, prioritizes and makes decisions within the agreed framework. Progress, risks and necessary adjustments are discussed regularly with you.
Hand over knowledge and responsibility
At the end, decisions, structures and outstanding tasks are handed over clearly. We help the successor or your team take responsibility forward independently.
What you take away
The ability to act, without depending on one person.
At the end of an assignment, the organization should be able to continue its work with clear responsibility. Depending on the mandate, this might mean a stabilized business unit, an established team, clear product management or a program able to move forward again.
We make sure knowledge does not remain solely with the interim leader. Transparent decisions, understandable ways of working and a prepared handover give your organization a foundation for taking over.
In practice
Taking responsibility and passing it on.
Bringing a digital platform into operation
ProSiebenSat.1: operational delivery led by an interim product owner, implementation with nearshore support and handover to the client’s organization.
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Connecting product strategy and development
SimonsVoss Technologies: improving customer focus and prioritization and integrating additional development capacity effectively.
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Common questions
Clear answers.
When does interim IT management help?
When a leadership role is temporarily vacant, an IT unit needs to be established or a demanding initiative requires additional leadership. The foundation is a clear mandate with agreed goals, responsibilities and decision-making authority.
What responsibility does an interim leader take on?
Depending on the assignment, they may lead an IT team, a product function or a program. They work in day-to-day operations, set priorities and make decisions within the agreed remit. We clarify scope, interfaces and reporting arrangements with you before the start.
How is the handover to our organization prepared?
The eventual handover is considered from the outset. Decisions, structures, knowledge and outstanding tasks are documented clearly. At the end, we help your successor or team continue the work independently.
Next step
What would you like to improve?
We discuss your situation, the outcome you need and the right support — consulting, delivery or interim leadership.
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