Product Manager - Postgres

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Product Manager – Postgres based in Canada. As a Product Manager – Postgres, you will own and shape the database experience at the foundation of a modern, developer-focused platform. You will drive the product strategy for PostgreSQL versions, upgrades, maintenance, observability, extensions, and security. Working closely with engineering teams, you will translate complex technical requirements into reliable, intuitive product experiences. You will engage directly with developers, from independent builders to enterprise customers, to understand their needs and guide product priorities. Your work will help make database management more predictable, secure, and accessible at scale. In a fully remote, open-source-first environment, you will collaborate asynchronously with a globally distributed team. This is an opportunity to influence critical infrastructure used by a growing international developer community. Accountabilities You will own the product vision, strategy, and execution for the PostgreSQL database experience, ensuring reliability, security, and usability across the platform. Your responsibilities will include: - Define and manage the PostgreSQL version lifecycle, including supported major and minor releases, upgrade strategies, and end-of-life processes. - Design predictable maintenance processes, including scheduling, customer communication, and operational coordination to minimize service disruptions. - Improve database observability by developing experiences around query performance, metrics, logs, and diagnostic tools that help developers identify and resolve issues. - Manage the PostgreSQL extension ecosystem, evaluating new extensions, defining support requirements, and ensuring compatibility across database versions.

- Drive database security initiatives covering roles and permissions, Row Level Security usability, secure defaults, and responses to vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL and its extensions. - Engage with developers across different customer segments to gather feedback, identify pain points, and incorporate insights into product decisions. - Define product requirements, problem statements, and measurable success criteria before development begins. - Track product performance through metrics such as upgrade success rates, adoption of supported database versions, and time required to diagnose performance issues. - Maintain alignment across Engineering, Support, and Go-to-Market teams by communicating priorities, roadmaps, version changes, and deprecations. - Ensure customers have a clear understanding of upcoming changes and the impact of product decisions on their database environments. Requirements The ideal candidate combines strong product management capabilities with practical knowledge of PostgreSQL, databases, and developer infrastructure. You should be comfortable working closely with engineers, making technical trade-offs, and advocating for customer needs. The following qualifications are expected: - At least 4 years of Product Management experience in databases, developer tools, or infrastructure, or equivalent technical experience as an engineer, database administrator, or founder transitioning into product management. - Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or another relational database, with the ability to interpret EXPLAIN output and discuss replication, Write-Ahead Logging (WAL), roles, and extensions. - Experience delivering products where reliability, availability, and customer trust are essential to the user experience. - Ability to approach downtime, breaking changes, and operational risks as product challenges requiring thoughtful solutions. - Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear product specifications, customer announcements, and deprecation notices.