Alex Townsend

Background

About Alex Townsend

I am a high-achieving, commercially-minded Business Deputy Programme Director with broad international experience, including bids/RTFs, contract management, operational resilience & enterprise risk management, and project, portfolio, and programme management. With strong communication and influencing skills, I can build credibility quickly with clients, stakeholders, and teams, analysing data from multiple sources to identify organisational priorities, resolve business-critical issues and drive change. I work well autonomously and add value within matrix teams in regulated high-pressure environments. The operational, engagement & commercial skills I have gained in the Military, Defence, Aviation, and Public Sectors are highly transferrable to other industry verticals. I am an effective, people-focused team player who also works well independently in regulated, high-pressure environments. As a Certified ScrumMaster, MSP & AMP practitioner with Cranfield and Cambridge programme & project leadership training, I leverage various tools and methodologies to manage strategic and operational programmes, strategic projects, and change.