A capability centre in India,
stood up end to end.
Leonstride sets up and runs a global capability centre in India with you, from the first delivery squad to a centre of several teams, with a clear path to take it in-house.
What we do.
We help enterprises build a long-term engineering presence in India without building the legal, HR, and hiring machinery themselves.
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Capability Centre Setup
Entity options, location, operating model, governance, and reporting lines planned with you before the first hire.
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Hiring at Scale
Engineers, leads, and specialists sourced and vetted to your standards, with you approving every hire.
- 03
HR, Payroll and Compliance
Contracts, payroll, benefits, statutory compliance, and employee policies handled locally, so your centre stays compliant from day one.
- 04
Workspace and Equipment
Secure offices, hardware, network access, and IT policies set up to meet your security and audit requirements.
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Build-Operate-Transfer
We build and run the centre with you, then transfer the team, processes, and knowledge when you’re ready to own it.
Best suited for
- Enterprises expanding to India
- Global product companies
- Organizations consolidating vendors
- Leaders planning a long-term engineering hub
What you get.
Not just a vendor team. You get an engineering centre that works as part of your organization.
A Running Centre in India
A fully operational engineering centre with people, workspace, tools, and processes aligned to how your organization works.
Multiple Delivery Squads
Dedicated squads that own products, platforms, or programmes, each with clear leadership and accountability.
A Clear Path to Own It
An agreed transfer plan covering people, contracts, assets, and knowledge, so the centre can become fully yours.
The model
we’d start with.
Start with one squad. Prove the model. Grow it into a centre.
For most enterprise engagements, we recommend Dedicated Teams as the building block: one accountable pod first, then more pods as the centre proves itself and takes on more of the roadmap.
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Centre and Delivery Leads
Own delivery, people, and reporting, and act as the bridge between your leadership and the teams in India.
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Dedicated Engineering Squads
Cross-functional pods of engineers, QA, and a team lead, each aligned to a product, platform, or programme.
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Platform, Cloud and Security
Engineers for infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance as the centre takes on production systems.
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Data, AI and Specialist Teams
Added as the centre grows into analytics, data platforms, AI, or other specialist capabilities.
The centre grows with its track record, not ahead of it.
Each new squad is added once the last one is delivering. The operating model, governance, and culture stay the same as the centre scales, so growth doesn’t mean starting over.
Our flexible growth approach
- 01
Build
First Squad
- 02
Operate
Deliver and Scale
- 03
Expand
More Squads
- 04
Transfer
Take It In-House
How it works.
A structured, transparent process designed to stand up your centre without slowing your organization down.
- 01
Brief
Tell us what the centre is for.
Share your goals, the products or functions it will own, team size, timelines, security requirements, and how you want it governed. We turn that into a setup plan.
- 02
Shortlist
Meet your first squad and leads.
We start with the leadership and the first squad. Shortlisted candidates can typically be presented within 48–72 hours, depending on specialization and availability.
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Interview
You approve every hire.
Your teams assess technical capability, communication, and fit. We coordinate the process while you retain final selection control.
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Onboard
Start delivering as part of your organization.
Teams join your tools, repositories, security policies, and delivery processes. We align responsibilities, reporting, and governance before delivery begins.
And after onboarding?
Our partnership doesn’t end when the first squad starts delivering.
We stay involved in hiring, retention, compliance, operations, and growth, and when you’re ready, we transfer the centre to you in a planned, orderly way.
Tell us about
your team.
We’ll reply within one business day.