BBVA plans to hire 2,700 technology professionals in 2024

BBVA has been implementing numerous plans and initiatives over the previous three years to draw the perfect technology talent (engineers, mathematicians, specialists in synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity and information administration), a number of the most in-demand fields within the labor market. Digitization has been one of many pillars of the financial institution’s technique for over a decade now. Evolution of the worth propositions has entailed remodeling processes and expertise. It’s subsequently essential to place individuals on the middle, entice and have interaction the perfect expertise and put the newest applied sciences and instruments at their disposal.

Because of this, on the finish of the 12 months 2021, BBVA launched a brand new global software development division that features greater than 16,000 builders from the whole Group. Within the framework of this construction, the financial institution employed 3,279 individuals in 2022, 1,008 of which have been in Spain.

In 2023, BBVA employed over 3,908 individuals in STEM fields, or for information and engineering areas. Of this quantity, 1,259 individuals have been employed for areas in Spain. And the financial institution went a step additional, reinventing software program improvement with ONE, a venture by means of which the engineers work in a collaborative, coordinated method, sharing greatest practices from the financial institution and the business. As well as,  BBVA Technology was established in Europe – a brand new firm that unites the Group’s three expertise corporations: BBVA Subsequent Applied sciences, BBVA IT España and Datio. And in 2024, the financial institution bolstered its model with the launch of BBVA Technology in the Americas.

As well as, final 12 months the financial institution arrange a brand new job portal to draw individuals with a background in expertise within the numerous international locations the place the financial institution has a presence.  The objective of this job portal is to publish the expertise vacancies and current the chances the financial institution presents to individuals with a background in expertise and STEM fields. With the assistance of this portal, BBVA goals to rent roughly 2,700 expertise specialists this 12 months.

The worldwide monetary companies group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) indicators a Strategic Entire Portfolio Settlement with Cisco. The settlement offers BBVA entry to Cisco’s full software program portfolio, world-class expertise and Buyer Expertise (CX) companies, supporting the financial institution’s digitization journey. 5-year settlement permits BBVA to combine steady innovation into each day operations, enhancing pace, agility, and providing the newest in digital monetary companies.

Within the engineering space, software program builders and information engineers proceed to be essentially the most in demand, adopted by safety, infrastructure and structure specialists. On this regard, Pedro J. Méndez, Head of Expertise and Tradition for the Engineering space at BBVA, famous that: “Structure, information, cybersecurity and infrastructure are the areas during which the most individuals have been employed over the previous 12 months.”

Round 2,700 expertise specialists will probably be employed in 2024

Expertise is among the important pillars of the Engineering space’s technique, which is predicated on creating a novel mannequin with a profession plan and customized coaching. “An extended-term profession plan is obtainable, with a versatile work mannequin, the coaching applications on the highest stage, a dedication to range, inclusion and the bodily and psychological well-being of all professionals,” defined the Head of Expertise and Tradition for the Engineering space. Moreover, these professionals work with cutting-edge applied sciences from BBVA’s important strategic expertise companions on difficult initiatives in fields, resembling improvement and structure, safety, fraud, infrastructure and information.

The Engineering space has a novel manner of detecting expertise, providing challenges that enable individuals to develop each professionally and personally by figuring out the drivers of ability improvement. “We determine technical expertise with the intention to perceive the data we have now. By means of numerous massive information and synthetic intelligence methods, we outline a whole upskilling, or ability enhancement, system,” Pedro J. Méndez defined.

No doubt, an organization of BBVA’s magnitude presents numerous challenges and alternatives to develop the total technical potential, whatever the subject, with state-of-the-art instruments and applied sciences and quite a few far-reaching initiatives during which steady studying is assured. As well as, the flexibleness and mobility of individuals are the keystone of the technique, and expertise is the driving force to deliver the age of alternative to everybody.