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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Marketing @ 4
MySQL @ 4
SQL @ 7
ETL @ 4
Distributed Systems @ 3
Leadership @ 7
Communication @ 4
PostgreSQL @ 4
Product Management @ 7
Snowflake @ 4
ClickHouse @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
As the Principal Product Manager for ClickHouse Cloud, you will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of the product 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 keeps pace with open-source and enterprise use cases.
- Engage directly with customers to gather insights through interactions, feedback, and market research to guide product decisions.
- Work alongside design, marketing, operations, and sales teams to support feature launches, contribute to blog posts, and help shape product positioning and messaging.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all product-related communications, effectively managing expectations and keeping stakeholders informed.
Requirements
- Minimum 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 working with databases such as ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or other columnar databases.
- Understanding of modern data infrastructure: 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, and storage engines.
- Experience designing and delivering features such as database replication, consistency models, and backup/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, capable of simplifying deep technical topics for non-technical audiences.
Bonus Points
- Experience working and scaling open source technologies.
- Prior experience at a startup.
Compensation
- The typical starting salary for this role in the US is $169,000 - $225,000 USD.
- The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets (e.g., San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Metro Area) is $188,000 - $250,000 USD.
Perks
- Flexible work environment; ClickHouse is globally distributed and remote-friendly.
- Employer contributions towards healthcare.
- Equity in the company (stock options for new team members).
- Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries.
- A $500 home office setup for remote employees.
- Global gatherings and company-wide offsites.
Culture & Equal Opportunity
- As part of the first 500 employees, you will help shape company culture. ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination and harassment. For privacy details, see the applicant privacy notice linked in the original posting.