Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.
NOTE: this position can be remote anywhere within the United States.
As the Senior 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.
What you will do:
- Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, with a focus 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.
About You:
- 5+ 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 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, 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.
- 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
For roles based in the United States, you can find above our typical starting salary ranges for this role, depending on your specific location.
The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.
If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com.
Perks- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
- Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
- Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
- Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
- A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
- Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
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