Product Owner — Hybrid Backlog & Delivery Lead

Urban Legend; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Unlimited PTO

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Urban Legend is seeking a detail‑oriented Product Owner to join our product team in Old Town Alexandria. You’ll own the backlog, write tickets engineers can pick up without guesswork, and keep the team aligned on high‑value work.

This hands‑on role lives inside Linear daily and ensures clear acceptance criteria and QA plans. You’ll work with our Product Manager and engineering leads to translate roadmap priorities into a well‑groomed, sequenced backlog the team can execute against, while

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience as a Product Owner or delivery-focused role.
• Sharp, unambiguous ticket‑writing skills; engineers should never guess what done looks like.
• Strong organizational instincts; backlog clean and prioritized.
• Solid understanding of how software is built and can discuss scope with engineers.
• Experience managing backlog and delivery cadence in Linear/Jira or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog: break down projects into clear, well-scoped tickets with acceptance criteria, priority, and estimates.
• Run regular team syncs to keep the team focused and unblocked.
• Triage incoming bugs and requests, assess severity and impact, and slot them into the backlog.
• Translate roadmap priorities into an actionable, sequenced delivery plan with product and engineering leadership.
• Be the daily point of contact for engineering questions about requirements and edge cases.
• Write and maintain release notes, coordinate QA plans, and ensure releases ship with confidence.
• Track cycle time and delivery predictability; flag risks to timelines early.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Execution, Sales, and Creator Success teams.

Skills

Ticket writing

Backlog management

Cross-functional communication

Software understanding

Linear/Jira proficiency

QA & release coordination

Delivery cadence

Tools

Linear

Jira

Job description

Urban Legend is seeking a detail‑oriented Product Owner to join our product team in Old Town Alexandria. You’ll own the backlog, write tickets engineers can pick up without guesswork, and keep the team aligned on high‑value work.

This hands‑on role lives inside Linear daily and ensures clear acceptance criteria and QA plans. You’ll work with our Product Manager and engineering leads to translate roadmap priorities into a well‑groomed, sequenced backlog the team can execute against, while