Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager - Next-gen TiDB Cloud Join us as we scale our business 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 TiDB 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 TiDB careers and join our team to be at the forefront of innovation and growth. About The Role We are hiring a dedicated Senior Product Manager to lead the Next‑gen TiDB Cloud BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) offering. You will define the strategy and deliver a secure, compliant, and highly automated deployment model that runs TiDB in customers' cloud accounts while being managed from TiDB Cloud. You will partner closely with engineering, security, solutions, and GTM teams to take BYOC from 0 to 1 and scale it globally across AWS, Azure, and other clouds. Responsibilities Strategy, roadmap, and product management. Define the BYOC strategy, positioning, and multi‑cloud roadmap; translate customer and market needs into crisp PRDs for day 0 / 1 / 2 operations; align with next‑gen architecture and enterprise requirements (sovereignty, isolation, control); shape pricing, packaging, and FinOps guardrails with business partners. Technical architecture, security, and deployability. Own end‑to‑end requirements for secure networking and compliance (VPC / VNet topologies, PrivateLink / Private Endpoint, IAM / RBAC, KMS, audit logging, least‑privilege) aligned to SOC 2 / ISO 27001; deliver a remotely managed, upgrade‑safe control / management / data‑plane model with first‑class telemetry and diagnostics (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana); productize repeatable IaC patterns and "golden" blueprints (Terraform / CloudFormation / Bicep), enable SSO (SAML / OIDC), and integrate with customer key, networking, and logging stacks. Customer leadership, GTM, and performance. Run private previews / EAPs with lighthouse customers; equip field teams with solution guides, runbooks, and migration playbooks; drive ICP, messaging, and competitive differentiation across launches; define and iterate on KPIs (time‑to‑provision, time‑to‑first‑value, SLO attainment, upgrade success, cost accuracy, NRR, NPS) to steer continuous improvement. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus. 7+ years of product management experience building cloud infrastructure, databases, or managed services for enterprises. Strong technical depth with major clouds, especially one or more of: AWS (VPC, IAM, KMS, PrivateLink, TGW), Azure (VNet, Managed Identities, Key Vault, Private Endpoint), or equivalent. Hands on familiarity with infrastructure as code and deployment patterns (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep) and with Kubernetes based services. Solid understanding of security and compliance requirements for customer managed environments, including encryption, least privilege access, auditing, and change management. Experience defining day 2 operations for stateful services: upgrades, backups, PITR, DR, and SLOs. Ability to lead cross functional initiatives and work directly with enterprise customers and partners. Excellent written and verbal communication; can author clear PRDs, solution guides, and executive level narratives. Nice To Have Background with distributed databases, OLTP or HTAP systems, or large scale data platforms. Experience delivering BYOC, customer managed, or hybrid control plane products. Knowledge of CDC and data movement ecosystems (for example Kafka, Debezium), and observability stacks. Financial and pricing acumen related to usage‑based products and cloud cost management. 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. TiDB 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 TiDB. #J-18808-Ljbffr