Technical Product Owner - Cyber Exercise Platform

About the role

CR14 is a cyber range team focused on large-scale cyber exercises that strengthen Estonia, NATO and other nations' cyber defence, and also acts as an official NATO DIANA testing centre. As a Technical Product Owner you will own the vision, roadmap and delivery of the cyber exercise platform, its automation capabilities and supporting tooling, working with stakeholders, cybersecurity experts and developers.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Gather requirements and turn them into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog by value, risk and business needs.
• Plan and coordinate feature releases across development and exercise cycles.
• Work with development teams to guide delivery and remove obstacles.
• Track progress, risks and delivery metrics and report status to stakeholders.
• Drive testing, user acceptance and release readiness activities.
• Manage technical debt, product security and platform lifecycle planning.
• Collect user feedback and lessons learned, and maintain documentation, release notes and operational guidance.

Required profile

• NATO country citizenship (security clearance required).
• Degree in IT, computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years in a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Delivery Lead or similar role in an agile environment.
• Experience owning a product roadmap and managing a backlog.
• Fluent English; willingness to apply for security clearance.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containers and infrastructure automation.
• Tools such as Jira, GitLab, GitHub or Confluence.
• Understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals and secure development.
• Bonus: cyber range, CTF or cybersecurity product experience, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, IaC, product metrics and relevant certifications.

What we offer

• Contract until the end of 2028, with an extension option; no relocation package.
• 35 days of annual leave plus one extra day off each quarter (39 days total), employer-provided health insurance and sports compensation after probation.
• Modern office in Tallinn with dedicated desks, team events and salary maintained during reservist training.