BT to bring 460 new jobs into city
BT has announced plans to bring hundreds of new roles to its state-of-the-art new offices in Birmingham.
The tech and telecoms company has unveiled plans to bolster its digital workforce in which around 460 new specialised jobs will be brought to the city. The majority will be brought on board by April, 2024.
BT already employs more than 1,700 people in Birmingham and over 6,000 across the West Midlands region, with the news set to increase the company 's presence in the area.
The new employees will be appointed to highly-skilled future-proofed roles including product management, software engineering, cloud, design, artificial intelligence, machine learning and agile delivery.
Last year BT opened the doors to its state-of-the-art new offices at Three Snow Hill which will serve as home to the new recruits and a base for up to 3,500 colleagues.
The announcement forms part of BT 's drive to expand its digital arm, which is responsible for leading its digital transformation and creating innovative new products and services.
Harmeen Mehta, chief digital and innovation officer at BT, said: “Digital was founded to accelerate BT 's transformation, innovation and return to growth.
“To succeed, we need to bring in and upskill the top digital talent, and our efforts will boost the tech communities along the way. ”
The new Birmingham roles form part of a 1,000-strong recruitment drive across the UK focused on BT 's key regional hubs in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast, Ipswich and London.
As part of the process BT is focussing on entry talent including apprentices, graduates, women returners and others starting careers in digital.
The company is working with organisations like Code First Girls and 10,000 Black Interns and knows its success lies in working with a diverse range of talent.
Harmeen Mehta added: “Diversity is a key focus in our recruitment efforts as we need a broad set of temperaments, mindsets and abilities to drive through the cultural transformation that comes hand-in-hand with this talent drive. ”
This announcement builds on earlier news that BT has signed a £30m deal with Distributed, a company that will bring agile elastic teams to work collaboratively with BT 's Digital team on projects and provide another route for BT to access highly skilled tech talent to drive its ambitious transformation goals.
For more information on roles, visit BT 's Digital careers site.
Pictured: BT Snow Hill