Product Manager - Core Engineering (Security Features)

ClickHouse • San Francisco, CA

7d • Remote

About The Position

ClickHouse is seeking a Product Manager experienced in developing security features to help grow its user community and advance its cloud-first strategy. The role focuses on extending the capabilities of the ClickHouse core database and developing cloud-native extensions for developers and data analysts across a range of use cases and market segments. The Product Manager will work with the open-source community, ClickHouse Cloud customers, engineering teams, and partners to identify customer needs, shape product priorities, and deliver capabilities that support customer success.

Requirements

• Proven experience with database security principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of and passion for data engineering markets, including data warehousing, data analytics, security, and observability.
• A strong vision for the direction of these markets and what it takes to become a leader in the space.
• Deeply technical experience with ClickHouse or a highly related OLAP technology.
• Previous experience with open-source projects, ideally as a product manager.
• Passion for building enterprise capabilities that are powerful yet easy to use.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and adapting to evolving business needs.
• Ability and desire to work with customers or community members, providing technical guidance and support during their proof of concept.

Nice To Haves

• Previous contributions to open-source projects.
• Engineering experience, ideally involving distributed or cloud systems in C++.
• Experience working remotely in a global, distributed organization.

Responsibilities

• Understand the real-time analytics and cloud database markets, competition, and technology trends.
• Engage with the ClickHouse open-source user community and ClickHouse Cloud customers to understand current and aspirational use cases for the core database.
• Distill and prioritize feature requests and issues into clear priorities for new capabilities and improvements.
• Work with engineering teams to scope and refine solutions to customer problems in the core database and ClickHouse Cloud offerings.
• Set measurable customer-success goals and use data-driven approaches to assess whether new capabilities meet customer needs.
• Monitor the market and competitive landscape to identify needed features and areas of improvement that align with the roadmap and requests from the community and customers.
• Work with partners to grow ClickHouse awareness and visibility.
• Provide technical guidance and support to customers or community members during proof-of-concept work.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment; the company is remote-friendly and operates in over 25 countries.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Stock options for every new team member.
• Flexible time off in the US and generous time-off entitlement in other countries.
• USD $500 home-office setup allowance for remote employees.
• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed