Technical Product Owner

Are you interested in joining a purpose-driven company in the music industry? Do you thrive in a collaborative, hybrid work environment? If you do, we would like to get to know you. WORKING AT THE MLC The MLC is committed to excellence, service and transparency. Our culture is collaborative, and our team works in a hybrid environment. On our team, you are respected, valued for your unique strengths and experiences, and empowered to identify and resolve your own challenges. Are you interested in joining a purpose-driven company in the music industry? Do you thrive in a collaborative work environment? If you do, we would like to get to know you. WHO IS THE MLC? The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to administer blanket mechanical licenses for digital music services in the United States. We sit at the intersection of music, finance, and technology—processing billions of music usage records, matching recordings to rights holders, and helping ensure songwriters, publishers, and copyright owners are paid accurately and transparently for the use of their music. Membership with the MLC is free for songwriters and music publishers, allowing creators to register their works and receive royalties they have earned. Behind the scenes, our teams leverage data, analytics, software engineering, and operational expertise to solve complex challenges within the modern music ecosystem and support the people who create the music we all enjoy. WORKING AT THE MLC The MLC is committed to excellence, service, transparency, and diversity. Our culture is collaborative; our people are adaptable. On our team, you are respected, valued for your unique strengths and experiences, and empowered to identify and resolve your own challenges. THE ROLE As a Technical Product Owner, you will help translate product vision and operational needs into clearly defined, executable work for the Matching Platform. Working as part of the Matching Tech Team, you will help structure and decompose complex workflows and technical systems into well-defined requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and development tasks that enable efficient execution across the team. You will contribute to shaping user-facing workflows, dashboards, and operations by understanding the systems, data, and business processes, while collaborating with stakeholders and end users to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with The MLC’s goals. You will maintain a high-quality development backlog, support prioritization and sprint planning activities, and help ensure the team has the clarity and structure required to deliver effectively. The Matching Platform is a critical tool that enables The MLC to drive accurate royalty payments to our Members. This is a fully remote role. This role requires candidates to be located within the Central or Eastern Time Zones , as the position works closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders during standard East Coast business hours. QUALIFICATIONS Minimum three (3) years’ experience in a T echnical Product Owner, Product Analyst, Systems Analyst, Product Operations, or similar role within a software engineering environment . Strong experience translating complex operational or technical requirements into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and development tasks . Proven experience with Jir a , including backlog management and story decomposition . Experience working closely with engineering teams on technical systems, APIs, workflows, and data-driven platforms . Proficient in SQL and comfortable working with technical systems, data models, and structured datasets . Experience creating workflows, diagrams, wireframes, dashboards , or other user-facing operational artifacts . Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to facilitate discussions between technical and non-technical…