Principal Product Manager – ClickHouse Cloud

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the creation and implementation of ClickHouse Cloud.

• Establish and steer the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud.

• Concentrate on cloud-native database features such as multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, and schema evolution.

• Collaborate with the engineering team to prioritize enhancements to the core database engine, storage layer, and query optimizer.

• Interact directly with customers to gather feedback and conduct market research.

• Partner with design, marketing, operations, and sales teams on feature launches, blog articles, product positioning, and messaging.

• Establish and monitor KPIs to evaluate product success.

• Act as the primary liaison for all product-related communications.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and keep them updated.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 8+ years of experience in product management.

• Strong expertise in cloud-based SaaS products.

• Preferably deep knowledge of database systems, distributed systems, or real-time analytics platforms.

• Practical experience with SQL.

• Solid understanding of query execution, indexing strategies, partitioning, and performance optimization.

• Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or other columnar databases.

• Familiarity with data lakes, ETL pipelines, CDC, and data orchestration frameworks.

• Ability to collaborate with engineering on low-level technical matters, including schema management, query planning, storage engines, and schema design.

• Experience in designing and implementing database replication, consistency models, and backup/restore processes.

• Strong leadership capabilities and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to drive execution.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Experience with scaling open source technologies is advantageous.

• Prior experience in a startup environment is a plus.

• Must respond to application inquiries regarding consumption-based or usage-based billing systems and Cloud Marketplaces, cloud-native SaaS product management experience, and eligibility for US work authorization sponsorship.

• Must provide the current city and state.

• Must include a LinkedIn profile.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment with remote-friendly arrangements.

• Employer contributions to healthcare.

• Stock options/equity in the company.

• Flexible time off in the US.

• Generous time-off policy for other countries.

• USD$500 allowance for home office setup for remote employees.

• Opportunities to participate in company-wide global offsite events.