Senior Product Manager, ClickHouse Cloud

Position Overview

ClickHouse is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of ClickHouse Cloud. This role involves close collaboration with engineering, customers, and stakeholders to drive the product roadmap and enhance cloud-native database capabilities.

About ClickHouse

Established in 2009, ClickHouse is a leader in the open-source column-oriented database system, aiming to be the fastest OLAP database globally. We enable users to generate real-time analytical reports via SQL queries, focusing on speed and managing escalating data volumes. ClickHouse Cloud is trusted by enterprises worldwide, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, and HubSpot. It is available as open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

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

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing 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.

Requirements

• 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, and 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.

Compensation

Salary Ranges (USD):

• New York Area / San Francisco Area: $149,000 - $228,000
• General US Remote: $126,650 - $193,800
• Los Angeles, CA / Washington, DC: $134,100 - $205,200
• Seattle, WA: $134,100 - $205,200

Note: Compensation is dependent on various factors including candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements, and geographical location.

For questions or comments about compensation, please contact us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com.

Perks

• Flexible work environment: ClickHouse is a globally distributed and remote-friendly company, operating in 20 countries.
• Healthcare: Employer contributions towards healthcare.

Application Instructions

• Location Type: Remote (within the United States)
• Employment Type: Full-time

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