Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Zymeworks Delaware
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel Dex and each of the
responsible attorneys and paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     1. complete and execute Forms ID, 3,4 and 5 and other forms and all
        amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her
        discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16
        of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
        regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
        regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
        acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

     2. do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities
        and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
        association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
        attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

     The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of July 12, 2022.



                                Signature: /s/ Neil Josephson
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