Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud
ClickHouse is seeking a Principal Product Manager for ClickHouse Cloud to lead the development and delivery of the product, working closely with engineering, customers, and stakeholders. The role centers on driving the product roadmap for cloud-native database capabilities such as multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, and schema evolution. The position can be remote anywhere within the United Kingdom.
Stack
Responsibilities
- ▹Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on cloud-native database capabilities
- ▹Collaborate with engineering to prioritize and deliver improvements to the database engine, storage layer, and query optimizer
- ▹Engage directly with customers and gather insights through interactions, feedback, and market research
- ▹Work with design, marketing, operations, and sales teams to support feature launches and shape 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
- ▹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 (strongly preferred)
- ▹Hands-on experience with SQL and strong understanding of query execution, indexing, partitioning, and performance tuning
- ▹Experience 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 in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- ▹Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to simplify deep technical topics for non-technical audiences
Nice to have
- ▹Experience working with and scaling open source technologies
- ▹Prior experience at a startup
Soft skills
What we offer
- ▹Flexible, remote-friendly work environment in a globally distributed company
- ▹Employer contributions towards healthcare
- ▹Stock options for every new team member
- ▹Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
- ▹USD 500 home office setup for remote employees
- ▹Company-wide offsites and global gatherings
About the company
ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies, recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR growing over 250 percent year over year, it leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads, backed by a USD 400M Series D round.