Product Manager - Core Engineering (Security Features)

ClickHouse; Madrid; On-site; EUR 152,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Healthcare

Equity in the company

Time off

Home office setup

Global gatherings

Job summary

ClickHouse is seeking a Product Manager to lead security feature development for the core database and ClickHouse Cloud. You will translate customer needs into secure, scalable capabilities and work with engineers to scope and deliver improvements that delight developers and data analysts.

You will engage with the open-source community and ClickHouse Cloud customers, set concrete goals, and drive data-driven decisions while navigating ambiguity in a fast-growing, globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of database security principles and best practices.
• Interest in data warehousing, analytics, security, and observability markets.

Responsibilities

• Understand real-time analytics and cloud database markets, competition, and trends.
• Engage with the ClickHouse open-source community and Cloud customers to understand use cases.
• Distill and prioritize feature requests into clear priorities for new capabilities and improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering to scope approaches solving customer problems in core database and Cloud offerings.
• Set measurable goals around customer success and use data-driven approaches to meet needs.
• Stay updated on market state and competitive landscape to identify needed features aligned with roadmap.
• Work with partners to grow ClickHouse awareness and visibility.

Skills

Database security principles

Data engineering markets

Strategic vision

ClickHouse/OLAP tech

Open-source product management

Enterprise capabilities

Written and verbal communication

Influencing stakeholders

Ambiguity tolerance

Customer/community engagement & POC

Job description

ClickHouse is focused on growing a vibrant user community and becoming a Cloud-first company. We are looking for a Product Manager experienced in developing security features for ClickHouse. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a popular open-source project to extend and deepen its core capabilities and to develop cloud-native extensions that delight developers and data analysts across many use cases and market segments. If you are a doer with a “can do” mentality and a bias for action, we would love to hear from you.

What You Will Be Doing

• Understand the real-time analytics and cloud database markets, competition, and technology trends in depth
• Engage with the ClickHouse open-source user community and ClickHouse Cloud customers to understand current and aspirational use cases for ClickHouse core database
• Distill and prioritize feature requests and issues into clear priorities for net-new capabilities and improvements
• Work with engineering teams to scope and refine approaches to solving customer problems, both in the core database and in ClickHouse Cloud offerings
• Set clear measurable goals around customer success, and use data-driven approaches to ensure new capabilities meet customer needs
• Stay up-to-date on the state of the market and competitive landscape to identify needed features and areas of improvement for ClickHouse that align with the roadmap and general requests received by our community and customers
• Work with partners to grow ClickHouse awareness and visibility

What You Bring Along

• Proven experience with database security principles and best practices
• Knowledgeable and passionate about data engineering markets - data warehousing, data analytics, security, and observability
• Strong vision around where these markets are headed, and what it takes to become a leader in this space
• Previous experience with ClickHouse or a highly related OLAP technology at a deeply technical level
• Previous experience with open-source projects, ideally as a product manager
• Passionate about building enterprise capabilities that are powerful yet easy to use
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving based on business needs
• Ability and desire to work with customers or community members, providing technical guidance and support during their POC.

Bonus Points For

• Previous contributions to open-source projects
• Engineering experience, ideally around distributed/cloud systems in C++
• Experience effectively working remotely in a global, distributed organization

Perks

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 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 USD$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 a rapidly scaling start-up, 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.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Please see here for our Privacy Statement.

Compensation Range: $170K - $242K