Chief of Staff to the CEO
Formic
About this role
The Chief of Staff to the CEO is a senior, high-leverage operator who acts as an extension of the CEO to increase decision velocity, enforce operational rigor, and ensure the company’s highest-priority initiatives are executed with measurable outcomes. The role owns cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, maintains the executive operating cadence and single-source performance view, and prepares decision-ready materials for the executive team and Board. The CoS also bridges business and engineering, driving internal process automation and systems improvements to enable scalable operations.
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About Formic
formic.coFormic delivers end-of-line robotic automation for case packing and palletizing as a full-service Robots‑as‑a‑Service (RaaS) solution so customers can deploy automation with no upfront CapEx. Its turnkey systems combine palletizers and case packers with software (Formic Production Intelligence), 24/7 monitoring, maintenance, and support to increase throughput, cut labor costs, and simplify scaling. Formic primarily serves food and consumer‑packaged‑goods manufacturers (snack foods, candy, dairy, nuts, etc.) and offers pricing, quoting, and implementation resources to help companies adopt automation quickly.
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About Formic
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$150k – $185k
per year