Manager - Warehouse

PopVax is an Indian full-stack biotech building first-in-class and best-in-class vaccines and cancer immunotherapies using machine learning-driven design and relentless empiricism. We design, develop, and manufacture our own RNA medicines end-to-end because we believe great pharmaceutical science can only flourish in tight feedback loops that iterate rapidly. PopVaxs experimental work and clinical dose production is based at the RNA Foundry, our integrated R&D and GMP-capable clinical dose production facility in Hyderabad.

PopVaxs north star is our goal of developing novel vaccines and therapeutics over the next decade with the cumulative ability to save 1 million lives each year the Million Lives Mission. To that end, we are developing first-in-class vaccines against Hepatitis C Virus, Strep A, and adult pulmonary TB, broadly-protective best-in-class vaccines against COVID-19, influenza, and HPV, and precision immunotherapies against hard-to-treat solid tumours such as liver cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Our work is funded by Vitalik Buterins Balvi Fund, the Gates Foundation, the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and Renaissance Philanthropy. Our first vaccine program will begin a Phase I clinical trial in the US in mid-2026 conducted & sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We intend to put 6 novel vaccines and immunotherapies into Phase I clinical trials over the next 3 years.

No matter the job title, each persons role at PopVax is ultimately focused on helping take safe & effective new medicines that represent a step-change improvement on the current standard-of-care to the people who need them as fast as possible. If you want to work where the ambition is high, the learning curve is steep, and the work matters to billions, youll feel at home here.

If youre excited by the idea of advancing scientific, clinical, and regulatory frontiers of vaccines and immunotherapies, spending each day developing medicines with the potential to save millions of lives, and building a generational global pharmaceutical company in India along the way join us!

We are seeking a Warehouse Manager who will run all warehouse operations in a sterile manufacturing setup, ensuring materials move with speed, precision, and complete GMP compliance. This is a role for someone who can think in systems, execute without fail, and keep operations audit-ready at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and control end-to-end warehouse operations for GMP manufacturing & R&D teams.
• Maintain accurate inventory using FEFO principles and ensure real-time documentation as per cGMP norms.
• Oversee receipt, quarantine, sampling, release, storage, and issuance of raw materials, consumables, and components.
• Ensure environmental controls, cleanliness, and segregation within the warehouse.
• Coordinate closely with QA, QC, Production, R&D and Procurement to ensure uninterrupted material flow.
• Lead material traceability, batch reconciliation, and support investigations.
• Prepare and maintain SOPs, logs, labels, and electronic records.
• Drive regulatory compliance and face internal/external audits with complete confidence.
• Implement continuous improvements in warehouse layout, safety, and process efficiency.
• Supervise warehouse staff and ensure adherence to training, discipline, and GMP expectations.

• Bachelors degree in Science, Pharmacy, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 48+ years experience in GMP warehouse operations (pharma, vaccines, biologics, or similar).
• Strong understanding of cGMP, GDP, FEFO, batch traceability, documentation practices, and audit preparedness.
• Experience with ERP/Inventory Management Systems.
• Ability to lead teams and coordinate across functions in a fast-paced environment.

We offer very competitive compensation, comprehensive health insurance covering immediate family (including pre-existing conditions), and, most importantly, a collaborative work environment focused on solving the cutting-edge multidisciplinary challenges of our novel mRNA platform.