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# C-Suite Departure

> A C-level executive left the company.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `c_suite_departure`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    People
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person Professional Network profile (title), left-company attribution.
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A C-level executive left the company.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_departed` AND the old title matches a C-level pattern.
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## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field                 | Description                         |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `meta.role`           | The C-level role vacated.           |
| `meta.new_company_id` | Where the executive went, if known. |

## Magnitude

Hyper-priority, executive exits reshape committees.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

Executive exits create both risk and opportunity. A departing C-level leader may have been your champion (risk) or a blocker (opportunity), and the vacancy reshapes the buying committee. It's a key input to leadership\_churn\_spike and feeds key\_role\_vacancy.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Risk or opening">
    A departing exec may be a lost champion or a removed blocker.
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  <Card title="Committee reshape">
    The buying committee changes when an exec leaves.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Follow the exec">
    meta.new\_company\_id may surface a new opportunity.
  </Card>
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## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  High-priority. Re-map the committee; follow the exec to their new company.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="C-Suite Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/c-suite-hire">
    A new C-level executive joined the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Founder Departure" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/founder-departure">
    A founder left the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Key Role Vacancy" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/key-role-vacancy">
    A senior role stayed unfilled for 60 days.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Leadership Churn Spike" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/leadership-churn-spike">
    Multiple senior leaders departed in a short window.
  </Card>
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