Senior HR Business Partner

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!</strong></h3> <div>Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>WHAT</strong>&nbsp;we do is every bit as important as&nbsp;<strong>HOW</strong>&nbsp;we do it!&nbsp;Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*MODEL EXCELLENCE:&nbsp; The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.</div></div><p><strong>Summary:</strong></p> <p>The Senior HR Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) serves as a strategic partner to senior leaders, with a primary focus on supporting the Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) organization during a pivotal pre-commercial stage. This role is instrumental in shaping organizational design, building leadership capability, and driving a high-performance, innovation-driven culture. The Sr. HRBP will bring a forward-looking, business-oriented perspective to talent strategy, enabling the organization to scale effectively while advancing critical pipeline programs toward commercialization.</p> <p><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as a trusted advisor to R&amp;D senior leaders and managers, providing thought leadership on organizational strategy, talent planning, and workforce scaling in alignment with scientific and business priorities.</li> <li>Partner with leaders to assess and evolve organizational structures, capabilities, and operating models to support pipeline progression, cross-functional collaboration, and future commercialization readiness.</li&