I've never worked in a place driven by JIRA, always companies where they just expect a small team to come out with a product or major feature on a timescale ran

I've never worked in a place driven by JIRA, always companies where they just expect a small team to come out with a product or major feature on a timescale ranging from ~quarter - ~year. You're evaluated by whether the product or feature launches and how good it is, not by how many tickets you close.