Telecoms firm BT has announced a major recruitment drive at its base in Birmingham which will create 460 new jobs in the city. The roles will cover a broad variety of fields and be based at its new West Midlands regional hub in Three Snowhill which opened last year.
The specialist posts will come under its ‘Digital’ arm which is responsible for leading its digital transformation and creating innovative new products and services. The new jobs will be in areas such as product management, software engineering, cloud computing, design and artificial intelligence.
BT already employs more than 1,700 people in Birmingham and over 6,000 across the West Midlands region, with capacity to accommodate 3,500 staff at its new offices.
Chief digital and innovation officer Harmeen Mehta 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 focussed on its key regional hubs and include a focus on entry-level staff including apprentices and graduates. BT recently signed a £30 million deal with Distributed, a company that will bring in teams to work collaboratively with BT’s Digital team on projects and provide another route for the company to access tech staff.
