BT has announced plans to create up to 170 new jobs at its new state-of-the-art offices in Bristol over the next two years.
The telecoms company is looking to bolster its in-house digital workforce in the city and will bring the majority of new staff in by April 2024, it said. The roles include product management, software engineering, cloud, design, artificial intelligence, machine learning and agile delivery.
BT already employs a number of teams in Bristol and is due to open its new 13-storey waterfront office, near Temple Meads, later in 2022. The new building will house up to 2,500 staff.
The announcement comes as BT moves to expand its digital arm, which is responsible for leading its digital transformation and creating 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 Bristol roles form part of a 1,000-strong recruitment drive across the UK, focussed on BT’s key regional hubs in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Ipswich and London.
As part of the process BT is focussing on so-called "entry talent" including apprentices, graduates, women returners and others starting careers in digital.
Ms 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.”
BT first announced plans to open a huge new multi-million pound office in Bristol city centre in 2020. Last year, the mayor of the West of England, Dan Norris, and BT apprentices and graduates were given a sneak peek of the new building.
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