Product Lead – Formic Cortex

November 27

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B2B • Enterprise • Hardware

Formic is a company that specializes in providing automation solutions for manufacturing, particularly in the food, beverage, chemical, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sectors. They offer robotic palletizers and packing solutions with a flexible 'Robots-as-a-Service' model, allowing businesses to automate their processes without substantial upfront costs. Formic provides fully supported turnkey systems with monthly rental contracts, offering 24/7 technical support and 100% maintenance coverage. Their approach is designed to enable seamless scaling of production by allowing equipment swapping as production needs evolve, all at a fixed monthly rate. Formic's aim is to democratize and simplify the adoption of robotics in industrial settings, removing the typical financial and operational barriers to automation.

51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

🔧 Hardware

📋 Description

• Translate real-world decision criteria into structured logic, requirements, and clear system definitions • Define the architecture and constraints for tools that ensure consistent execution across operational teams • Set measurable targets for improvements and verify that delivered systems achieve those outcomes • Create internal products that increase accuracy, speed, and reliability across deployment and support activities • Design user flows, interfaces, and data models that streamline complex technical work • Partner with engineering to deliver features aligned with technical feasibility and operational priorities • Build mechanisms that validate system performance and confirm readiness before field deployment • Introduce monitoring and diagnostic capabilities that surface early issues and inform timely action • Support the development of structured playbooks and reference frameworks that raise organizational consistency • Improve data pathways and integrations to enhance the flow of information between teams and systems • Align stakeholders around requirements, tradeoffs, and timelines for key initiatives • Manage initiative-level planning to move projects from concept to delivery with clarity and momentum • Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their fit for internal operational needs • Drive adoption of new tools through training, rollout planning, and continuous feedback loops

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in product management, technical program management, robotics deployment, automation engineering, or building operational tooling • Strong systems thinking skills with the ability to deconstruct complex workflows and translate them into structured logic, requirements, and scalable products • Proven ability to work with technical subject-matter experts (engineers, technicians, operators) and convert expertise into repeatable tools, processes, and system logic • Experience with AI, automation, or simulation technologies, or demonstrated ability to learn emerging technologies quickly • Familiarity with manufacturing, industrial automation, robotics integration, or field-based deployment environments—or experience building products that support these environments • Comfort operating in 0→1 or high-ambiguity environments, making clear decisions with incomplete information • Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially when aligning diverse teams around requirements, tradeoffs, and technical constraints • Experience working closely with engineering teams, including defining requirements, scoping technical work, and managing iterative development cycles. • Ability to run experiments, validate concepts, and iterate rapidly using data, user insights, and fast feedback loops • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives, dependencies, and stakeholders simultaneously • Familiarity with modern product and design tools (e.g., Jira, Figma, Notion) and comfort creating lightweight specs, mockups, and proof-of-concept prototypes • Willingness to visit customer sites, deployment environments, or manufacturing facilities as needed to understand real-world constraints

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in Formic: Own a meaningful stake in a fast-growing Series A startup, backed by leading global investors • Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 99% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans, with 75% coverage for dependents, provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield and Guardian • Additional Fully Covered Insurance Benefits: FSA & DCFSA, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability through Guardian, all 100% employer-paid • Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Fully funded by Formic and provided via Guardian, offering support when you need it most • Paid Parental Leave: Generous parental leave to support our employees and their growing families • Company-sponsored 401(k): Invest in your future with our company-backed retirement savings plan • Home Office Stipend: A one-time allowance for fully remote employees to set up your ideal at-home or on the road work environment • Monthly Cell-Phone Reimbursement: Monthly stipend toward phone and internet expenses • Flexible Time-Off: Take the time you need, when you need it, supported by our flexible PTO policy • Paid Company Holidays: Celebrate important dates with paid time off