Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud

ClickHouse; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud database company is seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive the development of ClickHouse Cloud. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in product management, a strong background in cloud-based SaaS products, and excellent SQL skills. This remote position offers a flexible work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Healthcare contributions

Equity in the company

Flexible time off

$500 home office setup

Global gatherings

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of product management experience with a strong background in cloud-based SaaS products.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and understanding of query execution.
• Experience working with various database types, particularly columnar databases.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud.
• Collaborate with engineering to deliver improvements to the database engine.
• Engage directly with customers to gather insights and guide product decisions.

Skills

Product management experience

Cloud-based SaaS products knowledge

SQL proficiency

Leadership skills

Communication and presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud

United Kingdom (remote)

About ClickHouse

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 Kingdom.

As the Principal 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:

• 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 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

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Compensation

For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as Los Angeles, CA, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, the Seattle, WA, Area, and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.

These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.

An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.

• 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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