Principal Product Manager - Ecosystems & Connectors
at ClickHouse
π United States
USD 190,000-300,000 per year
Used Tools & Technologies
Not specified
Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 β basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 β daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 β you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 β exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Kafka @ 4
Spark @ 4
dbt @ 4
ETL @ 4
Leadership @ 4
Communication @ 7
ELT @ 4
Debugging @ 4
API @ 4
Snowflake @ 3
Observability @ 4
AI @ 4
ClickHouse @ 4
Data Pipelines @ 4
- 1-2 β basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 β daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 β you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 β 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
Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is a fast-growing cloud company focused on real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. The company serves over 3,000 customers and is scaling rapidly. This role owns the connectors and ecosystem strategy at ClickHouse, covering open source connectors (examples: Kafka, dbt, Spark), integrations with hyperscalers and partner platforms (e.g., Hex, Sigma, Vercel), and core data pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy, roadmap, and execution across ClickHouse's native connectors and partner ecosystem.
- Build close feedback loops with technology partners and drive co-innovation and a growing joint integration surface.
- Track the competitive landscape and form data-backed opinions on ecosystem investments.
- Work with engineering to balance connector stability, ClickHouse feature coverage, and developer experience on the roadmap.
- Measure and communicate business impact, ROI, and customer success of the connectors portfolio to leadership.
- Raise the profile of the ClickHouse ecosystem through conference talks, blog posts, technical content, and community engagement.
- Build a design partner program to surface early customer feedback and co-develop solutions with engaged users.
Requirements
- Deep, hands-on domain expertise in the modern data integration landscape: streaming, orchestration, ETL/ELT, ingestion, or developer-facing platform products.
- Technical depth to hold peer-level conversations about APIs, schema design, performance trade-offs, and connector architecture; comfortable setting up integrations, reading docs, and debugging connector behavior.
- External-facing: energized by customer conversations, partner relationships, industry events, and publicly representing the product.
- Customer-first instincts: translate loosely structured partner and customer signals into crisp requirements and a prioritized roadmap.
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with high ownership and limited hand-holding.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including presenting roadmap strategy and trade-offs to engineering leadership and executives.
- Background working with open source software or developer-focused products.
Bonus points
- Prior experience as an integration / ecosystem product manager, engineer, or solutions architect.
- Familiarity with ClickHouse or other databases such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
- Experience working in remote, multi-timezone environments.
Compensation
- Typical starting salary (United States): $190,000 - $270,000 USD
- Typical starting salary (US Premium Markets, e.g., San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Metro): $210,000 - $300,000 USD
Perks
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment; ClickHouse operates in over 20 countries.
- Employer contributions towards healthcare.
- Equity (stock options) for new team members.
- Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries.
- $500 home office setup for remote employees.
- Global gatherings / company-wide offsites.
Equal Opportunity & Privacy
ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination. See their Applicant Privacy Notice for privacy details.