Business Operations Manager

Civic Innovation Lab; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 84,000 - 126,000; Part time

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a hands-on Business Operations Manager who delivers, learns fast, and treats Creativity as a craft. Picture $84,000 - $126,000, a part-time cadence, and 8 years of Negotiation translating into a manager seat you actually steer at Civic Innovation Lab.

The role focuses on turning conflict-resolution chaos into actionable backlogs, surfacing risks with fixes, handling Fort Wayne client curveballs, and improving a negotiation system while keeping

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering results as a Business Operations Manager.
• Fort Wayne grounding or ability to plant roots quickly.
• Discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter.

Responsibilities

• Convert Conflict Resolution chaos into a backlog someone can actually work.
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached.
• Field curveballs from Fort Wayne clients without losing the thread.
• Read a Negotiation system you didn't build and improve it anyway.
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the part-time role can deliver.
• Keep Fort Wayne, IN momentum when the manager pipeline runs thin.
• Bridge Work-Life Balance and Negotiation so neither team works in the dark.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Negotiation

Job description

Let's skip the buzzwords: Civic Innovation Lab wants a hands-on Business Operations Manager in Fort Wayne, IN who delivers, learns fast, and treats Creativity as a craft. Picture $84,000 - $126,000, a part-time cadence, and 8 years of Negotiation translating into a manager seat you actually steer at Civic Innovation Lab.

Key Responsibilities

• Convert Conflict Resolution chaos into a backlog someone can actually work
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached
• Field curveballs from Fort Wayne clients without losing the thread
• Read a Negotiation system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the part-time role can deliver
• Keep Fort Wayne, IN momentum when the manager pipeline runs thin
• Bridge Work-Life Balance and Negotiation so neither team works in the dark

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Proven track record delivering results as a Business Operations Manager
• A Fort Wayne grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• 7 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Hands-on command of Analytical Thinking, with Negotiation as a close second

Three things define Civic Innovation Lab: a Fort Wayne address, a spirited-and-grounded culture, and a near-religious devotion to Conflict Resolution. A manager engineer and a director debate Growth Mindset ideas on equal footing in our Fort Wayne standups.

We are offering $84,000 - $126,000, a clear growth track, hands-on mentorship, and the kind of flexibility that keeps IN talent happy.

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