> ## Documentation Index
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# VP Departure

> A VP-level leader left the company.

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

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person Professional Network profile (title), left-company attribution.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

A VP-level leader left the company.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_departed` AND the old title was VP-level.
</Card>

## Magnitude

High.

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

## Why it matters

The vacancy and the successor both create timing windows. A departing VP leaves a gap that either stalls decisions (until a successor arrives) or opens them (when the successor wants to make changes). Feeds leadership\_churn\_spike and key\_role\_vacancy.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Vacancy window">
    A gap can stall or reset functional buying.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Successor opportunity">
    A new VP often re-evaluates the stack.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Composite fuel">
    Feeds leadership\_churn\_spike and key\_role\_vacancy.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Track the backfill. Re-engage when a successor is named.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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

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

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