Principal Product Marketing Manager

pofft Technology Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Healthcare

Equity in the company

Time off

USD Home office setup

Job summary

pofft Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager for ClickHouse Cloud to lead the development and delivery of the product with tight collaboration across engineering, customers, and stakeholders.

You will define the roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, and schema evolution, while aligning with open-source and enterprise use cases.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience in cloud-based SaaS products.
• 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, storage engines and schema design.
• Experience delivering features such as database replication, consistency models, and backup/restore workflows.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to influence cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to simplify deep technical topics for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on cloud-native database capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering to prioritize improvements to core database engine, storage, and query optimizer.
• Engage directly with customers to gather insights and guide product decisions.
• Work with design, marketing, operations, and sales to support feature launches and messaging.
• Define and track KPIs to measure product success.
• Act as the primary contact for all product-related communications and stakeholder management.

Job description

NOTE: this position can be remote anywhere within the United States.

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

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

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Work Type

Full-Time

Location

Anywhere in the World