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FOR VP ENGINEERING - CTO - COO - CFO
The 60-page playbook for standing up an India GCC.
This is the deliverable we'd build on day one of a paid GCC engagement - anonymized, slimmed to the universals. McKinsey-grade. Free for qualified buyers.
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Pre-built financial model: year-1/3/5 NPV, payback, $/dev breakdown
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Org chart templates: 25, 50, 100, 250-engineer scenarios
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2026 India tech comp bands across Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon
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Legal/entity decision matrix: LLP vs Pvt Ltd vs Branch Office
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Day-by-day 90-day setup roadmap with named owners
Devlyn · Strategy
Build Your India GCC
The 60-page playbook for standing up a 50–250 engineer India GCC.
2026 EDITION - 60 PAGES
Table of contents
8 chapters. Every decision you'll have to make.
Chapter 1 · 8 pages
Strategy & business case
When a GCC makes sense, when it doesn't. CFO-grade NPV/IRR model. Year-1/3/5 P&L impact across 4 archetypal company shapes.
Chapter 2 · 9 pages
Legal entity & tax structure
LLP vs Pvt Ltd vs Branch Office decision tree. India tax (transfer pricing, GST, payroll). RBI/FEMA filings. SEZ vs non-SEZ tradeoffs in 2026.
Chapter 3 · 10 pages
Hiring & site selection
Bangalore vs Hyderabad vs Pune vs Gurgaon — 2026 talent depth, comp inflation, attrition data. Recruiting agencies. Internal vs external recruiter mix.
Chapter 4 · 7 pages
Comp design & banding
2026 base + bonus + ESOP/RSU bands across IC1–IC6 + EM/Director levels. Adjustment guidance for AI-fluency premium.
Chapter 5 · 6 pages
Facility & operations
WeWork vs serviced vs leased. Capex vs opex. Office tech stack. Travel budget for US/EU ↔ India exchange visits. Compliance posture (DPDPA 2023).
Chapter 6 · 7 pages
Governance & cadence
Governance & cadence
Site lead role definition. Manager span guidance. Standup/all-hands/quarterly cadences across time zones. KPI scorecard for year-1 review.
Chapter 7 · 7 pages
IP, security & compliance
IP assignment, contractor vs employee, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 alignment. India DPDPA. Customer-data residency. EU AI Act overlay for AI-augmented eng.
Chapter 8 · 6 pages
90-day setup roadmap
Day-by-day Gantt with named owners. Decision gates at days 14, 30, 60. Risk register. Quarterly review template for year-2 expansion planning.
Why us, why this
We've been on both sides of GCC setups.
Devlyn is part of ViitorCloud - one of India's senior eng-services firms with 15+ years operating across Switzerland, USA, UAE, Belgium. We've stood up GCCs as the buyer, helped clients stand them up as the partner, and navigated the compliance and comp dynamics through three market cycles.
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"We took this playbook to our board and got year-1 budget approval in one meeting. The financial model alone was worth the engagement."
VP Engineering · $180M SaaS · USA
"They had answers to questions I didn't even know to ask. The transfer pricing chapter alone saved us a $400k tax surprise."