(Senior) People Partner
AbCellera
| Company | AbCellera |
| Category | HR & Recruiting |
| Location | Vancouver |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
Each of us cares about someone who will need medicines. That’s why our vision is to repeatedly beat the odds to deliver breakthrough medicines to patients that need them. We pursue truth and scientific rigour and have the courage to work at the edge of the unknown.
We're looking for a natural coach and sharp thinker who wants to do People & Culture work differently. As a People Partner at AbCellera, you'll build deep relationships with the teams you support, bring intellectual curiosity to every challenge, and help create an environment where exceptional people can thrive. If you're energized by complexity, love getting to the heart of a problem, and believe great coaching changes everything, we'd love to meet you.
How you might spend your days
Building meaningful relationships with the teams you support, sought out as a trusted thought partner and coach on everything from team engagement and development to performance and role progression
Coaching and consulting with managers and AbCellerites to unlock potential, accelerate growth, and help people do the best work of their careers - whether that means thinking through a big opportunity, navigating a tricky situation, or being a sounding board
Partnering closely with the teams you support to understand what's really working and what isn't, surfacing root causes not just symptoms, and co-developing thoughtful, evidence-based solutions
Coaching managers through performance conversations, compensation decisions, and the day-to-day judgment calls that come with leading people well
Supporting and delivering company-wide initiatives like Perks & Pay reviews, learning journals, engagement surveys, and guideline/policy rollouts - bringing rigour and creativity to how they land
Playing an active role in recruiting for your teams, bringing your deep knowledge of the people and work to help identify, attract, and assess candidates who will thrive at AbCellera
Keeping our people data accurate and up to date in Bamboo - processing changes to roles, teams, and reporting structures, and ensuring the right information is always reflected across AbCellera
Bringing the voice of your teams back to P&C: sharing patterns, observations, and honest feedback so we can continuously improve how we show up, communicate, and support AbCellerites
We'd love to hear from you if
You're a natural coach - you have a gift for asking the questions that reframe, unstick, and mobilize
You're energized by hard problems and bring the kind of thinking that makes a meaningful difference in finding a way forward
You have meaningful experience working closely with people and teams - this could come from coaching, organizational development, psychology, a people-facing role in science or tech, or something else entirely that's given you genuine depth in understanding how people and organizations work. We're open to a range of experience: 5+ years for those earlier in their People Partner journey, and 8-10+ years for those who've been doing this for a while and are ready to bring that depth to a senior version of this role
You're someone who can engage authentically with our science and the people doing it; an undergraduate degree in biology is an asset
You're organized, resilient, and able to manage competing priorities without losing attention to detail or quality
You communicate with care and precision - tactful when it matters, direct when it counts
You're curious about drug development and want to understand our science and teams deeply enough to be a true strategic partner
What we offer
AbCellera’s hiring range for the People Partner role is CAD $80,000 - $100,000 annually and the range for the Senior People Partner role is CAD $97,600 - $122,000 annually, commensurate with your education and job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to base salary, we offer equity, annual bonus dependent on team and compan