Technical Product Owner | Mid-Senior | Threat Intelligence

Meet NordVPN Threat Protection, the product which makes NordVPN app more than a VPN. This innovative product enhances online security by protecting users from scams, phishing attempts, and other malicious activities. Additionally, it bolsters user privacy and enriches the web browsing experience by eliminating intrusive ads. Our technology, along with our internal tools and products, is essential to our operations. Without them, we would be unable to achieve our objectives, making their importance paramount. Your primary objective is to manage internal products and tools while exploring innovative approaches for enhancement. Effective monitoring is crucial to ensure that internal products deliver the anticipated results with the desired quality.Collaboration primarily occurs with engineering managers, data scientists, developers, and DevOps professionals. Therefore, possessing technical skills is essential. The Team
We believe that the product can serve its users best by providing experience so exceptional that it will speak for itself. We also agree that the core elements of success are the encouragement of professional growth, individual initiative, and a deep understanding of our users and business challenges.We are looking for a results-driven TechnicalProduct Owner to join the Threat Protection - Threat Intelligence team. The ideal candidate is not only a Technically skilled but also good communicator.

Main Responsibilities

• 🛡️Threat Detection Ownership
• Own and drive the roadmap for internal detection products (phishing, scam, malware, etc.).
• Ensure detection systems meet high standards for precision and recall, minimizing false positives/negatives.
• Support integration of detection capabilities into broader NordVPN infrastructure.

🤖 Machine Learning & Data Pipeline Collaboration
• Partner with data scientists to define requirements for training, validating, and deploying ML models.
• Ensure high-quality labeled data pipelines for model accuracy and robustness.
• Collaborate on model evaluation frameworks to track real-world performance and drift.
• Facilitate experimentation and rapid iteration on detection algorithms and heuristics.

🌐 Threat Feed & URL Curation Management
• Oversee ingestion, validation, and prioritization of data from paid, open-source, and internal threat feeds.
• Build systems to correlate signals across feeds and flag anomalies or inconsistencies.
• Maintain tools and processes that streamline curation workflows and reduce manual overhead.
• Ensure transparency and traceability in decisions affecting detection confidence.

🤝 Cross-Functional Communication
• Act as a bridge between security research, engineering, data, and product leadership.
• Translate business and operational needs into clear technical requirements.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders on trade-offs, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure clarity around ownership, goals, and impact of each threat intel product stream.

🔄 Agile Product Delivery
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives with technical teams.
• Prioritize work based on business value, tech feasibility, and detection effectiveness.
• Track product KPIs (e.g., detection accuracy, false positive rate, latency) and adapt roadmap accordingly.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

Core Requirements

• Proven Experience as Technical Product Ownership: Demonstrated success as a Technical Product Owner in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or data-heavy environments.
• Technical and Analytical Thinking: Solid understanding of threat intelligence, detection systems, and ML-driven security products. Able to evaluate technical trade-offs and make informed, data-based decisions.
• Data Fluency: Experienced in tracking performance metrics such as detection accuracy or false positive rates. Comfortable using data to identify issues and guide improvements.
• Strong Communication: Able to align technical and non-technical teams around shared goals. Skilled at translating complex topics into clear, actionable plans.
• Agile Product Delivery: Proven experience leading Agile teams and managing product backlogs. Able to prioritize initiatives based on impact, complexity, and strategic alignment.
• Technical Education (a plus): Background in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field is a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English: Able to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and spoken English.

Salary Range

• Monthly gross salary from 4700 - 6700 EUR.