Director of Product, ClickHouse Cloud

ClickHouse

Director of Product Management defining multi-year strategy for ClickHouse Cloud platform. Leading the product direction and ensuring platform scalability with customer needs.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $180,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining product strategy and roadmap for cloud-native database solutions, with a strong focus on distributed systems and enterprise SaaS. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive product initiatives while ensuring alignment with customer needs and business priorities.

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Product Management ExperienceCloud Infrastructure StrategyDistributed Systems UnderstandingSQL and Database Performance OptimizationCross-Functional Stakeholder Influence

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyCloud-Native ArchitecturesDatabase Performance OptimizationSQLQuery ExecutionReplicationDisaster RecoverySchema ManagementData LakesETL Pipelines

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsCoaching and MentoringInfluencing Without Authority

Tools & Technologies

ClickHousePostgreSQLMySQLSnowflakeBigQueryRedshift

Industry Keywords

Cloud InfrastructureEnterprise SaaSDeveloper PlatformsOpen-Source ProjectsHigh-Growth Startup Environments

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftBigQueryCloudDistributed SystemsETLMySQLPostgresSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, covering cloud-native database capabilities including multi-region replication, distributed query execution, fault tolerance, storage tiering, schema evolution, and disaster recovery.
Partner closely with Engineering leadership to prioritize investments across the core database engine, storage layer, and query execution framework, ensuring Cloud evolves alongside our open-source platform while meeting enterprise customer needs.
Coach and mentor Product Managers across adjacent platform areas, helping drive prioritization, resolve cross-team dependencies, and maintain a cohesive platform strategy.
Partner with Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Support, and Customer Success to deliver compelling product launches and customer experiences.
Balance long-term platform investments with near-term customer commitments and business priorities.
Partner with Engineering leadership to make informed investment and resourcing decisions across the platform roadmap.
Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and cross-functional partners, providing clear visibility into product strategy, execution, risks, and trade-offs.
Represent ClickHouse with strategic customers, partners, and at industry events, translating customer needs into long-term product direction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of Product Management experience, including significant experience defining strategy for cloud infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, developer platforms, or database products.
Demonstrated ability to influence product direction across multiple engineering teams and drive large cross-functional initiatives.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern data infrastructure.
Comfortable working at both strategic and technical levels, partnering closely with senior engineering leaders on architectural decisions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and external audiences.
Strong understanding of SQL, query execution, indexing, partitioning, and database performance optimization.
Experience working with databases such as ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or other distributed or analytical database systems.
Familiarity with modern data infrastructure, including data lakes, ETL pipelines, CDC, orchestration platforms, and cloud-native data architectures.
Ability to discuss technical concepts such as schema management, query planning, storage engines, replication, consistency models, backup and recovery, and distributed systems design with engineering teams.
Experience shipping or contributing to complex infrastructure capabilities such as replication, disaster recovery, storage systems, consistency models, or backup and restore workflows.
Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
Experience representing products with customers, analysts, or at industry conferences.
Track record of coaching, mentoring, or guiding Product Managers, either formally or informally.
Experience working on or contributing to open-source projects is a bonus.
Experience in high-growth startup environments is a bonus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 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.