Product Owner, Enterprise Rights

Project overview

Product Owner, Rights Management

Los Angeles, CA

Hybrid (4 days onsite, remote Fridays)

$65 - $70 per hour

6-month contract-to-hire

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client, a major media and entertainment company, is seeking a Product Owner, Rights Management, to lead the end-to-end ownership of enterprise rights and licensing applications. In this high-visibility, hands-on role, you will translate complex rights, licensing, and contractual requirements into scalable product capabilities, driving the modernization of enterprise rights platforms.

You will manage the full product lifecycle-including discovery, requirements, backlog, sprint execution, release, and adoption-while collaborating closely with engineering on integrations and data migrations, and with UX/UI teams on wireframes and prototypes. You will align stakeholders across Legal, Business Affairs, Content Acquisition, Distribution, and Finance, ensuring technical credibility and deep rights-domain expertise. This is a 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity offering competitive benefits and weekly paychecks.

Responsibilities

WHAT YOU BRING

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Applications will be accepted through November 14, 2026.

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Job Facts: Contract Independent | Contract W2 | On-site | $65.00 - $70.00/hr

Skills: LOS, Sprint, User Stories, Accounting, Data Quality, Prototyping, Sound Design, Roadmaps, Legal, Finance, Product Ownership, Product Management, Licensing, Acquisition, Distribution, Meta-data Management, Management, Vistex, Media, Maestro, Data Migration, Fluency, Reporting, Wireframe, User Experience, UI, Collaboration, Agile, Scrum, JIRA, Confluence, Communication, SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Data Analysis, SAFE, PMBOK, Electronic Warfare

Reference: Dice Id: 10110651 | Position Id: a1Wcv000001BFrBEAW

• Own assigned enterprise rights management applications across discovery, requirements, backlog, sprint execution, release, and adoption
• Translate complex rights, licensing, windowing, territory, exclusivity, and avails requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Lead implementation, integration, and data migration workstreams, accounting for upstream sources, downstream consumers, data quality, and cutover validation
• Partner with Engineering and UX/UI teams to evaluate tradeoffs, review wireframes and prototypes, and drive sound design decisions
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and maintain backlogs, dependencies, and release status in Jira and Confluence
• Deliver concise, decision-oriented updates on roadmap status, delivery health, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Align and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Legal, Business Affairs, Content Acquisition, Distribution, and Finance
• 5-10 years of product ownership or product management experience, including end-to-end ownership of enterprise applications (not just enhancements)
• 3+ years of media and entertainment experience supporting rights, licensing, content acquisition, or distribution
• Strong working knowledge of rights-in/rights-out, avails, windowing, territories, exclusivity, restrictions, title management, and contract metadata
• Hands-on implementation experience with enterprise rights management systems (e.g., Rightsline, Vistex, RightsLogic, Media Maestro, or similar), including integrations and data migrations
• Technical fluency with APIs, integrations, data models, and reporting; ability to evaluate technical approaches with engineering teams
• Experience with Figma or similar design tools for wireframing, prototype reviews, and UX/UI collaboration
• Strong Agile/Scrum practice using Jira and Confluence; excellent stakeholder communication skills
• Nice to have: Working knowledge of SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar data analysis tools
• Nice to have: CSPO, CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP, or similar certification
• Play a high-visibility role on a team modernizing its enterprise rights platform
• Weekly paychecks
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Opportunity to convert to a full-time role

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: onsite
• Location: California, CA, US, US
• Rate: 65-70 EUR/h