About PopVax

PopVax is a clinical-stage, Indian full-stack biotech using generative AI to build first-in-class and best-in-class vaccines for infectious diseases, targeted cancer therapeutics, and personalized autoimmune therapies.

Our mission is funded by Vitalik Buterin’s Balvi Fund, the Gates Foundation, the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Renaissance Philanthropy, and Positive Ventures, with individual investments from Enveda founder Viswa Colluru and Tesla self-driving AI pioneer Dhaval Shroff.

We conduct our R&D; work and GMP manufacturing at our integrated RNA Foundry in Hyderabad, India, in support of our Million Lives Mission to develop vaccines and therapeutics over the next decade with the potential to cumulatively save 1 million lives each year.

Our pipeline includes a broadly-protective COVID-19 vaccine, currently in a Phase I trial in Australia, first-in-class vaccines against Hepatitis C, Strep A and adult TB, as well as precision cancer therapies against pancreatic and liver cancer.



We intend to take at least 5 novel vaccine and therapeutic candidates into clinical trials over the next two years.

About The Role

PopVax now produces a steady stream of contracts, along with employment, corporate and clinical-compliance decisions, across India, the UK and the US. At that volume, and at the speed the company needs to move, this work needs an owner inside the company. External specialists will stay involved, but they cannot do the day-to-day drafting and follow-up.

We are hiring a Head of Legal to be that owner. The hard part is doing two jobs at once. When a leadership discussion ends, you write the first draft or make the risk call yourself. Alongside that, you build the legal systems PopVax needs. You will cover three jurisdictions without being the expert on every jurisdiction or technical question, so much of the job is deciding what to handle yourself and when to bring in a specialist. If you want to run a legal f

📌 Head of Legal (Hyderabad)
🏢 PopVax
📍 Hyderabad