The subject matter expert (SME) provides the knowledge and expertise in a specific subject, business area, or technical area for a project. Evidence that a person would make a valued SME for the institute would include the ability to:

• Define procedures or standards, since he/she has the knowledge of what the right or best way to execute a task would be.

• Define performance objectives and determine acceptable performance levels.

• Provide recommendations for procedural improvements.

• Understand the language/terms/jargon in his/her area of expertise

• Understand requisite knowledge that underlies effective decision-making and is able to describe where anomalies or flaws may occur in the decision-making for his/her area of expertise.

• Act as the \xe2\x80\x9cgo to\xe2\x80\x9d person within a department or function for questions and problems within his/her area of expertise.

• Explain his/her area of expertise clearly to others.

• Not only answer how things are done, but why.

Subject Matter Expert\xe2\x80\x99s responsibilities: The responsibilities of the SME are to ensure the facts and details are correct so that the project\xe2\x80\x99s/program\'s deliverable(s) will meet the needs of the stakeholders, legislation, policies, standards, and best practices. To achieve this, SMEs will:

• Support the definition of processes and policies, supply business rules and procedures, and communicate the contexts in which the rules, processes and polices are applied.

• Accurately represent their business units\xe2\x80\x99 needs to the project team.

• Validate the requirements and deliverables that describe the product(s) or service(s) that the Success Factors consultant will produce.

• Bring information about the project back to their team

• Provide input into and execute user documentation and training material.

• Test the product(s) or service(s) towards the end of the project/program (user acceptance testing), using and evaluating it for accuracy and usability, providing feedback to the project team.

• Guide other team members on the project to ensure the content is accurate.

• Resolve issues relevant to project deliverable(s) within their area of expertise.

• Obtain or provide approval for changes to rules, processes and policies.

• Be committed to the project and participate in the workshops.

• Be proactive and engaged during the workshops.

Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree of any statutory University. He/she should have good communication skills, coordinating ability and must perform effective job-related activities. He/she should have 3-5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in coordination, handling, organizing & conducting activities related to the profile

In 1981, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) established Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) to meet the growing demand for management education. In 2003, NMIMS was declared a deemed to be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. The Vision of the University is to be a globally admired University by 2030. The Mission of NMIMS is to emerge as a Centre of Excellence, best in class in India and Asia and yearning to be the best in the world by 2030. With the legacy of 40 years, NMIMS has grown to being not only one of the top-10 B-schools in India but also emerged as a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus University at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Indore, Shirpur, Dhule, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chandigarh and seventeen constituent schools that include Management, Family Business, Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, Commerce, Economics, Law, Science, Liberal Arts, Design, Performing Arts, Mathematical Science, Agricultural Science, Hospitality Management, Branding & Advertising and Distance Learning. In addition, we have nine Centres of Excellence as well at the University. The consistent academic quality, research focus, faculty from top national and global institutes and strong industry linkages at NMIMS have placed it amongst the nation\'s prime centres of educational excellence and research today. More than 17000 students and about 750 full-time faculty members, 10 faculty members with Fulbright Scholarship and Humboldt International Scholarship for post-doctoral researchers are part of India\'s most sought after academic community.