Legal Product Owner

Position: Legal Product Owner

Location: LA

Duration: Long term

Lead the implementation and ongoing stewardship of a rights and contract management system for Apple TV's Legal department. This Product Owner role focuses on managing complex intellectual property rights, restrictions, and contract data while serving as the primary liaison between Legal stakeholders and the development team.

Key Responsibilities

Convert business requirements into features and user stories; represent customer needs on the Scrum team

Manage product backlog prioritization based on business value; adjust features every sprint as needed

Decide on release dates and coordinate deployment of new systems and feature extensions

Manage current rights management products, contract management, and document workflow systems

Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) with stakeholders and perform sprint demos

Train end users and provide error handling guidelines

Collaborate daily with development teams, designers, and business stakeholders to define system solutions

Evaluate strategic options and recommend long and short-term product strategies

Required Qualifications

3-5+ years in Product Owner, Project Manager, or Senior Business Analyst role

3+ years hands-on experience with Agile development teams

3+ years collaborating with designers and engineers

5+ years enterprise software custom design, development, implementation, and deployment

5-7+ years leading cross-functional teams in IP rights analysis and contract review

5+ years hands-on experience with rights attributes (Rights In/Out, Restrictions, Options, Holdbacks, Music Clearance, Play Off/Sell Off data)

3+ years developing/implementing rights or licensing systems with complex rights research capabilities

Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced environments

Experience with system integrations, data conversions, and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience with rights management software platforms (RightsLogic, RightsLine, Filmtrack)

GenAI tool implementation experience

Understanding of global corporate business processes