Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud

📍 United States

USD 169,000-250,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

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Details

As the Principal Product Manager for ClickHouse Cloud, you will lead the development and delivery of the product while working closely with engineering, customers, and stakeholders. This position can be remote anywhere within the United States.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on cloud-native database capabilities such as multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, and schema evolution.
Collaborate with engineering to prioritize and deliver improvements to the core database engine, storage layer, and query optimizer, ensuring the Cloud offering supports open-source and enterprise use cases.
Engage directly with customers through interactions, feedback, and market research to guide product decisions.
Work with design, marketing, operations, and sales teams to support feature launches, contribute to blog posts, and shape product positioning and messaging.
Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success.
Act as the primary point of contact for product-related communications, managing expectations and keeping stakeholders informed.

Requirements

At least 8 years of product management experience, with a strong background in cloud-based SaaS products.
Deep familiarity with database systems, distributed systems, or real-time analytics platforms is strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with SQL and a strong understanding of query execution, indexing strategies, partitioning, and performance tuning.
Experience with databases such as ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or other columnar databases.
Understanding of modern data infrastructure, including data lakes, ETL pipelines, CDC, and data orchestration frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to work with engineering on low-level technical topics such as schema management, query planning, storage engines, and schema design.
Experience designing and delivering features such as database replication, consistency models, and backup and restore workflows.
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify deep technical topics for non-technical audiences.

Bonus Points

Experience working with and scaling open-source technologies.
Prior experience at a startup.

Benefits

Flexible work environment at a globally distributed, remote-friendly company.
Employer contributions toward healthcare.
Stock options for new team members.
Flexible time off in the United States and generous entitlement in other countries.
$500 home office setup for remote employees.
Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

Compensation

Typical starting salary in the United States: $169,000–$225,000 USD per year.
Typical starting salary in United States premium markets: $188,000–$250,000 USD per year. Premium markets may include the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area.