Launch Timeline
30-60-90 Day GCC Launch Plan
A pragmatic timeline for standing up a 100 to 250 FTE India GCC in 90 days. Entity, real estate, IT, hiring, payroll, governance and first KPI dashboards, mapped phase by phase.
Days 1 to 30 · Decide and contract
Function scope, city pick, model lock, paper signed.
- • Function and role scoping workshop with parent leadership
- • City selection: Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore or Tier 2 hub and spoke
- • OpEx vs CapEx decision (Managed GCC, Assisted Build or BOT)
- • Partner due diligence and Managed Services Agreement signature
- • Seat reservation, IT and security baseline locked
- • Target organisation chart and pay bands approved
Days 31 to 60 · Build and hire
Entity live, hiring at pace, IT and payroll ready.
- • Entity setup (if Direct Entity) or Managed GCC go live
- • Office fit out, biometric access, dual ISP, UPS redundancy
- • IT stack: identity, MDM, endpoint security, VPN, SOC tie in
- • Hiring sprint: 60 to 100 offers rolled out across CA Institute, IIT/NIT and lateral channels
- • Payroll, PF, ESI, gratuity, statutory compliance live
- • Parent company onboarding curriculum, code of conduct, security training
Days 61 to 90 · Run and prove
First 25 to 50 FTEs delivering, governance live.
- • Cohort 1 of 25 to 50 FTEs onboarded, trained, productive
- • Parallel run with parent company functions
- • Weekly governance with parent CXO sponsor, monthly steering committee
- • First KPI dashboards: productivity, quality, cycle time, attrition
- • Transfer pricing documentation kick off
- • Cohort 2 hiring already underway for days 91 to 150
Get a tailored 90 day launch plan
We build a function specific, city specific 30-60-90 day plan with named owners, vendor list, hiring pipeline and KPI design. One business day turnaround.