Director of Product, ClickHouse Cloud

Details

As Director of Product Management, you will define the multi-year strategy for the ClickHouse Cloud platform. You will lead product direction for foundational cloud capabilities, including multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, storage architecture, and release management. You will work closely with Engineering leadership to ensure ClickHouse Cloud continues to scale with customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, covering cloud-native database capabilities such as multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, schema evolution, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with Engineering leadership to prioritize investments across the core database engine, storage layer, and query execution framework.
• Coach and mentor Product Managers across adjacent platform areas.
• Drive prioritization, resolve cross-team dependencies, and maintain a cohesive platform strategy.
• Partner with Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Support, and Customer Success to deliver product launches and customer experiences.
• Balance long-term platform investments with near-term customer commitments and business priorities.
• Make informed investment and resourcing decisions across the platform roadmap with Engineering leadership.
• Advise executives and cross-functional partners on product strategy, execution, risks, and trade-offs.
• Represent ClickHouse with strategic customers, partners, and at industry events, translating customer needs into long-term product direction.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Product Management experience, including significant experience defining strategy for cloud infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, developer platforms, or database products.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product direction across multiple engineering teams and drive large cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern data infrastructure.
• Ability to work at both strategic and technical levels and partner with senior engineering leaders on architectural decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and external audiences.

Technical Experience

• Strong understanding of SQL, query execution, indexing, partitioning, and database performance optimization.
• Experience working with databases such as ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or other distributed or analytical database systems.
• Familiarity with modern data infrastructure, including data lakes, ETL pipelines, CDC, orchestration platforms, and cloud-native data architectures.
• Ability to discuss schema management, query planning, storage engines, replication, consistency models, backup and recovery, and distributed systems design with engineering teams.
• Experience shipping or contributing to infrastructure capabilities such as replication, disaster recovery, storage systems, consistency models, or backup and restore workflows.

Leadership Experience

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience representing products with customers, analysts, or at industry conferences.
• Track record of coaching, mentoring, or guiding Product Managers, formally or informally.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience working on or contributing to open-source projects.
• Experience in high-growth startup environments.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment; ClickHouse is a globally distributed and remote-friendly company operating in over 25 countries.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Company equity through stock options.
• Flexible time off in the United States and generous entitlement in other countries.
• USD 500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide global gatherings.
• Equal employment opportunities and protection from discrimination and harassment.