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TDCX: Geographic Expansion
TDCX opened its second Hyderabad campus in India following 600% headcount growth over three years. India is now the company's fourth-largest operations base, with the new facility designed to scale delivery of omnichannel customer experience, sales, and technology support for global clients.
Source: discovered:vir.com.vn
The leadership read
TDCX's expansion resets where the leadership need sits in the sector. Standing up a new market rewards operators with local networks and a record of building from scratch. The 12-to-18-month read across Asia favours country and commercial leadership hired close to the ground.
Market context: Backdrop: a 101.2 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (up 0.6 on the month) with Asia activity steady (-1.2pts).
TDCX: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 91 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
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Where this lands in our work
- Cross-Border Expansion →
The peak executive-hiring window opens 12–18 months after an expansion commitment.
- Executive Search — Asia →
Our Asia practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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