The Principal Product Manager will drive product strategy and improvements, collaborate with teams, gather user feedback, and enhance customer satisfaction through product development.
Join us as we scale our business in NA/EMEA by building on our tremendous success around the world. The massive database market is going to double over the next few years (the IDC estimates it to be $119B+ by 2025) and PingCAP is a global player positioned as a major disruptor with TiDB Database and Database as a Service offering. TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database for elastic scale and real-time analytics. Large and high-growth organizations in markets as varied as financial services, logistics, gaming, e-commerce and software as a service have successfully deployed and expanded their TiDB footprint on mission-critical applications. Our strong open-source community roots (37,000+ stars on GitHub), innovative products and inclusive culture draw passionate and dedicated people to our company. Learn more about PingCAP careers and join our team to be at the forefront of innovation and growth.
Responsibilities
- Formulate the strategic planning of the product, continuously improving and enhancing it through activities such as gathering user feedback, collaborating with internal teams, and working with external partners.
- Collaborate closely with the development team, leading and driving the targeted creation and successful release of features.
- Identify ways to improve customer satisfaction through the design and supervision of a comprehensive set of products, tools, and features.
- Create product-related promotional and marketing materials, and drive product and product strategy.
- Establish a feedback loop with customers to incorporate enhancements into the product.
- Continuously monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, applying these insights to enhance our products.
Qualifications
- Proficiency in at least one of the database products such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MongoDB, or MariaDB. Understanding of system architecture of at least one database product, including but not limited to memory structure, transaction model, storage engines, and operational diagnostics.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in database-related product management, with preference given to those with development or cloud database product management experience.
- Experience working in the database ecosystem, familiarity with the TiDB ecosystem is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field.
- Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate efficiently with internal teams and external clients.
- Ability to translate a set of complex requirements into well-defined deliverables.
We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. PingCAP also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at PingCAP.
Top Skills
Mariadb
MongoDB
Mssql
MySQL
Oracle
Postgres
Tidb
PingCAP Ltd Sunnyvale, California, USA Office
1250 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, United States, 94089
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