Product Owner
MuseScore Studio is the world's leading free, open-source music notation application — used every day by hundreds of thousands of musicians, composers, students, and educators. With over twenty years of development, a global community of contributors, and a sophisticated engraving engine that powers notation rendering across the entire Muse Group ecosystem, it's also one of the most technically demanding products in our portfolio.
We're looking for a Product Owner to lead its next chapter and shape the future of music creation and notation for one of the largest music communities in the world.
We are actively integrating AI and automation into all areas of the business and expect candidates with mindset focused on improving efficiency and deliver a better user experience.
What is in it for you?
Key responsibilities
- Define MuseScore Studio's product strategy and roadmap with measurable goals and quarterly milestones.
- Own backlog and prioritization end-to-end — what gets built, in what order, what gets cut, and why.
- Make the product decisions that unblock the team — flows, edge cases, defaults, error states — and steer designers and engineers as they execute.
- Drive every release end-to-end — plan, scope, quality bar, community communications, launch metrics.
- Lead, develop, and grow the MuseScore Studio team — 22 people across engineering, design, music engraving, and the engineers behind our engraving engine, whose work powers notation rendering across every Muse Group product.
- Own how MuseScore Studio engages with its open-source community — set the strategy, organize the team's presence on the forum, GitHub, and Discord, and stay accountable for the narrative around every release.
- Drive cross-product integrations across the Muse ecosystem — connect MuseScore Studio with adjacent surfaces to unlock end-to-end user value and measurable business outcomes.
Required experience
- Proven Product Owner or Product Manager track record for a complex software product with a large active user base.
- Deep understanding of music notation, composition workflows, or music software. You don't need to be a professional musician, but you should be fluent in how musicians actually think and work.
- Strong technical literacy. Comfortable working closely with engineers on a multi-platform C++ desktop application — making informed trade-offs on performance, stability, and architecture without needing to be hand-held.
- People management experience — you've directly led and grown a multidisciplinary team (engineers, designers, or both).
- Strong written and verbal communication in English.
- End-to-end data ownership — instrumenting, tracking, setting targets, and actually moving them.
- Comfort engaging with vocal external communities — open-source, hobbyist, or professional. You can own the narrative when decisions are unpopular.
Benefits
Creativity every day: Make inspiring products for musicians, artists and creators – no day is the same.
Impactful work Influence the future of the music industry and change the lives of millions worldwide.
Work set up: We’ll make sure you’re set up for success with the right work equipment, whether that’s company-provided hardware or an equipment allowance.
Growth and development: Receive specialized training, language lessons, conferences and learning materials.
Team well-being: Support for your mental health and wellbeing, including confidential help during life’s tougher moments.
Muse Group empowers music makers
We create the worldʼs most popular apps for playing, recording and composing music. Through our innovative learning tools, expansive music catalogs and free open-source software, we make it easier for millions — from beginners to experienced musicians — to be creative every day. Our talented team of music lovers collaborates all over the globe, from Limassol to Seoul and Boston to Berlin.
We’re an ambitious company with the drive and culture of a startup — with many more exciting Muse Group developments to come. Hal Leonard, which joined Muse Group in 2023, is the world leader in sheet music publishing and music education. The company has a storied history of providing music learners with the very best methods and arrangements of popular music for over 70 years. Hal Leonard is also a major distributor of popular brands of instruments, gear, and software to the music trade worldwide.
