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# Key Role Vacancy

> A senior role stayed unfilled for 60 days.

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

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person profiles, 60-day vacancy tracking.
  </Card>
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A senior role stayed unfilled for 60 days.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  A C-level or VP-level person departed AND no replacement joined within 60 days. Emits on day 60.
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## Magnitude

Moderate to high, prolonged vacancies affect decisions.

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

## Why it matters

A prolonged vacancy can stall or accelerate decisions depending on the gap. Sixty days without a replacement means functional decisions may be on hold, or an interim leader may be making expedient choices, either way, it's a timing signal worth knowing.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Decisions on hold">
    An empty senior seat often pauses functional buying.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Interim choices">
    An acting leader may make fast, pragmatic decisions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Backfill watch">
    The eventual hire reopens the buying window.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Monitor. Decisions may be paused; re-engage when the role is filled.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="C-Suite Departure" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/c-suite-departure">
    A C-level executive left the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="VP Departure" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/vp-departure">
    A VP-level leader left the company.
  </Card>

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

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