> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# First Role Hire

> A company made its first-ever hire for a role function.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `first_role_hire`
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  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    People
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  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person Professional Network profile (title), cross-referenced against current employees.
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A company made its first-ever hire for a role function.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_joined` AND no other currently-employed person holds that role function (for example, first-ever CISO or first Head of AI).
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## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field           | Description                                        |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `meta.function` | The role function being filled for the first time. |

## Magnitude

High, a first-of-its-kind hire creates a new buying center.

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

## Why it matters

A first-of-its-kind hire means a brand-new buying center is forming. The first CISO will build a security program from scratch; the first Head of AI will stand up new infrastructure, no incumbent vendors, greenfield budget, and a leader hungry to establish their function.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="New buying center">
    A first-ever role creates a brand-new budget owner.
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  <Card title="Greenfield">
    No incumbent vendor means an open competition.
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  <Card title="Eager buyer">
    First-in-role leaders move fast to build their function.
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## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Top-tier when the function fits. Be first to reach a greenfield buyer.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="First Job in Function" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/first-job-in-function">
    A company posted a role in a function it hadn't hired for in 12 months.
  </Card>

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

  <Card title="VP Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/vp-hire">
    A new VP-level leader joined the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Notable Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/notable-hire">
    A high-profile or highly experienced person joined.
  </Card>
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