A Director in the US and a Director in your India GCC aren't the same hire
US parents level India roles off their own org chart. The title travels; the span and the decision rights don’t, and the search inherits the difference.
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India GCC market
India’s global capability centres have moved past delivery into owning product and engineering charters, and the leadership market has shifted with them. We track where GCCs are building, which senior roles they compete hardest for, and how Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune differ. Start with the articles below, or get our read each week in The Mandate Desk.
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All insightsThe three-year outlook: what the GCC hiring market looks like in 2029
Our read on where seniority, scarcity, and location are heading, drawn from the demand shifts already showing up in live mandates.
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The tier-2 city is something else entirely
Coimbatore, Indore, Kochi are winning specific charters, not becoming smaller versions of the metros. Reading which is which changes the plan.
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Compensation Index: IT & BFSI edition, Q2 2026
Band-by-band movement across senior IT and BFSI GCC roles, drawn from the placements we closed this quarter rather than survey aggregates.
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GCCs are de-coupling from the parent, and hiring hasn’t caught up
When the centre starts owning charters instead of executing them, you need leaders who decide, not leaders who run. That’s a scarcer hire.
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Strategic workforce planning: the gap between the plan and the market
We read a year of GCC workforce plans against live availability. Where the annual plan holds, and where it drifts inside two quarters.
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The pyramid is flattening. Volume recruiting is optimising for a shrinking market.
The charter that needed 100 now needs 60, but the 60 are harder to find and matter more. What that does to how you staff a desk.
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In three years, the ‘cost centre’ framing will read like a mistake
A prediction. The GCCs writing today’s savings decks are hiring the wrong leaders for the mandate they’ll actually be handed. Sachith Rai on the shift already underway.
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Location strategy is really a talent-supply decision
The tier-2 city that looks cheaper on rent can be dearer on time-to-fill. Where the capability actually lives is the number that matters.
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The skills index: what GCCs actually paid for AI talent this quarter
Band-by-band movement across IT and AI & Data roles, drawn from placements closed in Q1.
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