Frans Lykke Østergård

Frans Lykke Østergård

Freelance Senior IT Project Manager · Governance, Delivery & Stakeholder Leadership

I lead IT deliveries where development and daily operations have to move at the same time: e-commerce platforms, ERP and system integrations, and the governance that keeps them on track.

I coordinate parallel teams, external development partners and internal specialists towards one delivery plan and one shared status picture, and I translate business requirements into deliverables together with developers, architects and integration teams. I own dependencies, risk and issues from kick-off through go-live and into stable operation.

Independent since 2018 · Based in Fredericia · Working across Denmark, remote or hybrid

What I deliver
Client engagements
  1. 2026

    Project Manager & Application Owner · Abena Data

    Led the IT delivery for a business-critical e-commerce platform, where continued development and daily operations ran side by side.

    • Coordinated four teams across parallel tracks: development, architecture, integration and data, plus an external development partner
    • Owned dependencies, risks and issues, and maintained one shared status picture for teams and management
    • Led the delivery into an international market launch
    • Built test management ahead of test start, with acceptance criteria agreed with the business
    • Established the governance model: roles, responsibilities, decision forums and escalation paths
    • Moved the platform from project delivery into stable operation and handed it over to the permanent support organisation
  2. 2023 – 2025

    Project Manager, API Integrations & Data Governance · Plytix

    Led the implementation of an attribution tool built on API integrations between CRM and other data sources, from requirements through integration to running use. Established data governance and documentation for integrations across systems.

  3. 2022

    Project Manager, Global PSP Selection · Abena

    Led the selection of a new global Payment Service Provider for the group's webshops, delivered as a recommendation and implementation roadmap. Steering committee member; planned the technical integration towards the group's enterprise ERP landscape.

  4. 2021 – 2022

    Project Manager, E-commerce & Market Launch · Konges Sløjd

    Led the launch of eight localised webshops on new markets, from requirements to go-live, on Shopify with ERP as the counterpart. Selected and managed the development agency and the translation agency, carrying learnings from one market into the next.

  5. 2019 – 2021

    Project Manager, E-commerce, ERP & PIM Integration · B Company

    Led the replatforming of the webshop to Magento with close integration to the existing ERP and a new PIM system. Worked with an external development partner throughout and owned risk management with full transparency to management.

Before going independent

Planday · Head of Paid Digital Media, 2015 – 2017. Budget, measurement and performance reporting across six markets.

Google · Dublin and Copenhagen, 2010 – 2015. Advisory and analysis for enterprise clients, presented at C-level.

Certification
  • Professional Scrum Master IScrum.org
Education
  • Project Management with AIIBA Kolding, 2026
  • MSc International Marketing & ManagementCopenhagen Business School

Contact

Phone+45 28 19 84 71