from the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 1994, graduating with a master's thesis on the international diamond market.

In 1997, she moved into the company's E Business wing, serving as the Head of Asset Management from 1997 and as the Service Director for Austria from 1999.

On 1 May 2016 Schramböck became the head of A1 Telekom Austria, one of the country's largest telecommunications providers,[1] taking over from Alejandro Plater and his interim successor, Hannes Ametsreiter.

[9][10] Schramböck was tapped as a potential minister almost immediately and joined the People's Party within weeks of her dismissal.

[11] When Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his cabinet took office on 18 December 2017, Schramböck became the new minister of science, research and economy.

[10] Following a reshuffling of ministerial responsibilities − a move regularly made by new parliamentary majority leaders − Schramböck was appointed minister of digital and economic affairs on 8 January 2018.