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Maryna Sivaieva
Talent
“Almost anything can be done with the right team and attitude.”

At Pear, Maryna partners with entrepreneurs to recruit their first and most critical hires.
She has an extensive background in recruiting in dynamic industries: from trucking to SpaceX to Neuralink to Plaid. Throughout her career, Maryna has helped build and scale recruiting functions from the ground up.
Maryna is originally from Ukraine and is now based in Boston with her family.
Outside of work you’ll find me…
Reading, podcasting, learning, camping, watching my kids discover the world.



What is your most used emoji?
❤️mostly, but now that i have two small kids 🤦♀️ is used a lot as well :).
What’s your favorite book?
Always changing depending on the stage in life. Currently it is the “Whole Brain Child”.
What career path did you want to pursue when you were a kid?
When I was little I wanted to be an entrepreneur since my first job was helping my neighbor sell things on the market. Later I wanted to be a teacher so I could make differences in kids’ lives.
What are your favorite sports teams?
I don’t follow sports but once I was a fan of Dynamo Kyiv.
Previously
Plaid
Neuralink
SpaceX
Interested in
Helping founders shine a light on the “black box” of recruiting. Many have experience as interviewers or hiring managers, but few see the full picture. I find it exciting to help founders translate their vision into well scoped roles, build strong candidate pipelines, and shape interviews into meaningful conversations that build relationships and uncover true mutual fit, not just a checklist of questions. It’s always rewarding to guide founders toward a more data driven recruiting approach, helping them see it as measurable and encouraging them to make decisions based on real evidence.
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