Principal Product Manager - ClickHouse Cloud

NOTE: this position can be remote anywhere within the Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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 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.
• Experience working and scaling open source technologies.
• Prior experience at a startup.

Benefits

• 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.

Pay

Compensation Range: $210K - $310K