Product Owner

Energy Innovation Corp; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Mentored growth

Flexible hours

Job summary

BKD is seeking a Product Owner to own high-leverage work that improves operations on a month-to-month basis in Fort Wayne, IN. This freelance role starts at $55,000–$84,000 and offers flexible hours with full benefits and mentorship for growth.

Based in Fort Wayne, you will identify growth opportunities, balance cost, speed, and reliability in the supply chain, and bridge Persona Development with Stakeholder Management to drive decisive calls.

Qualifications

• Experience defending a recommendation to stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills and customer focus.
• Ability to document decisions while fresh.
• Familiar with freelance team dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Identify growth opportunities in the Fort Wayne, IN market and beyond.
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability.
• Mediate between Persona Development and Stakeholder Management teams.
• Stress-test forecasts for Indiana scenarios.
• Maintain operating model as Fort Wayne headcount grows.

Skills

Customer-focused mindset

Documentation discipline

Stakeholder communication

Freelance teamwork

Job description

Join BKD as a Product Owner and own the unglamorous, high-leverage work of making operations measurably better every month. This Product Owner role hands mid-level talent $55,000 - $84,000, a freelance arrangement in, and the latitude to call the shots.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify growth opportunities in the Fort Wayne, IN market and beyond
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability
• Sit between Persona Development and Stakeholder Management teams as the person who makes the call
• Stress-test the forecast against the IN scenario nobody wants
• Keep the operating model from breaking as Fort Wayne headcount doubles

What You'll Bring

• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a thoughtfully-bold freelance team

BKD treats Fort Wayne, IN as both home and laboratory, prototyping self-directed business ideas no larger rival would risk. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

Beginning at $55,000 - $84,000, your growth is mentored, your benefits are full, and your hours flex to match life in Fort Wayne, IN.