Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud

About the Role

Day-to-day, you will be responsible for defining and driving the product roadmap, collaborating with engineering to prioritize and deliver improvements to the core database engine, and engaging directly with customers to gather insights and guide product decisions. Your ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple stakeholders and priorities, will be crucial to your success in this role.

ClickHouse is recognized for its innovative approach to real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads, making it an exciting time to join the company. With a strong track record of growth and a recent $400M Series D financing round, ClickHouse is poised for continued success.

What You Will Do

• 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, gathering 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.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and market trends, identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.
• Participate in the development of the company's overall product strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation within the product team, encouraging the exploration of new ideas and solutions.

What We Are Looking For

• 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.
• 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, storage engines, and schema design.
• 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.

Nice to Have

• Experience working and scaling open-source technologies.
• Prior experience at a startup.
• Knowledge of Adjust and Excel, or similar tools, for data analysis and presentation.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a fast-growing, innovative company.
• Flexible, remote work environment.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools.
• Collaborative, dynamic work environment.
• Recognition and reward for outstanding performance.

• Develop a strong understanding of cloud-native database capabilities and their applications in real-time analytics and data warehousing.
• Be prepared to demonstrate your experience with SQL and your ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Show a keen interest in the latest developments in database systems, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies.
• Highlight your ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Prepare examples of how you have driven product roadmaps forward and collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver product improvements.
• Consider creating a portfolio that showcases your achievements in product management, including any successes in leading the development of cloud-based SaaS products.