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Experienced HR Leadership for the moments that define your team

I'm Tanya Mayar, a bilingual HR leader and Executive Recruiter based in Montreal. I help founders, CEOs, and HR leaders make better hiring decisions and build teams worth staying for.

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My Track Record

Hundreds of hires.
Results that speak for themselves.

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I’ve worked inside some of the most complex organizations across North America and globally, managing international projects, sitting on senior leadership teams, building HR functions, and helping executives navigate the moments that don’t come with a playbook.

These aren’t agency metrics. They are the result of nearly two decades of doing the work from inside companies, on leadership teams, in the rooms where the hard decisions get made.

$50M

Avoided costs on the P&L

700+

Professionals hired globally

~ two decades

of HR, project management, and people leadership

10 days

Average time to fill a senior role

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Who I Work With

I work with founders, CEOs, and HR Leaders across North America.

Founder and CEOs

I help founders and CEOs when people issues start piling up on their desk, whether it’s from making bad hiring decisions, navigating complex employment law changes, or feeling the strain of a team that isn’t operating the way it should be.

HR Leaders

Mid-level HR leaders turn to me when they’re carrying more than their role was designed for, expected to support a growing organization without the senior-level guidance needed to navigate complex hiring decisions, organizational changes, or team challenges.

In both scenarios, the gap is the same. The business has outgrown its current approach to hiring and people strategy, and needs experienced leadership to move forward.

If this sounds familiar, let’s have a chat.

How I Work

Built to be an extension of the team.

I don’t do drive-by consulting. I don’t hand you a report and disappear. I show up like a partner, inside your business, attending your leadership meetings, reachable when things move fast, and focused on outcomes that actually move the needle.

  • Every engagement starts with understanding what you're trying to build and what's in the way. The HR work follows from that, not the other way around.

  • You do not need someone to validate your existing plan. You need someone who will push back when the plan is wrong and tell you what they're seeing, with the evidence to back it up.

  • Every framework, process, and system I build is designed to be owned and run by your team long after I'm gone. The goal is never dependency. It's capability.

  • I know your business. I attend your leadership meetings. I care about the outcome the way your own team does, because I treat it like it's mine.

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Beyond the Work

Montreal. Bilingual. Mother of two.
Building something that is mine.

I was born and raised in Montreal, a city I love for the same reasons I love this work: it is complex, bilingual, and never quite what you expect. I have built my entire career working in both French and English, which means I do not just translate words. I understand the cultural nuance that shapes how organizations operate.

Outside of work, I am a mother of two and a partner to my husband. In the moments I am not working, you can usually find me at hot yoga, Pilates, boxing, or adventuring with my family. That balance matters to me.

I believe in the same things I bring to my clients: honesty, accountability, and the willingness to have hard conversations. I am naturally curious, always trying to understand what actually drives performance and what gets in the way.

Running my own business is not easier. It is not quieter. There are late nights and working weekends. But every hard day now feels better than the safe ones ever did.

Because it is mine. And because the work actually means something.

If your business is growing and doesn’t have the senior HR leadership it needs, let’s chat.

Book a complimentary 30-minute call. We will talk through where you are, what's getting in the way, and whether working together makes sense. If this sounds like what you have been looking for, let's find out.

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