It's a good thing that you have some experience under your belt.

I would recommend to create a plan for let say 6 months.

1. Acquire Technical skills needed for product management
2. Project management
3. Market research
4. Storytelling
5. Business case development
6. Product pricing
7. Practice mock interview with mentor or go for discord group where mock interviews are being organized
8. Understand you strength and weakness while practicing with mentor or PM enthusiast
9. Solve 1 or 2 PM case studies available on internet
10. Pick a domain and understand what are the latest innovation happening in that domain.

We can discuss more if needed.

In my opinion, a bit of background in the Product management job market scenario will help put things into perspective

In last 3-4 years, interest of professionals in Product management has skyrocketed, but there are only so many Product roles in the market. So, the demand supply curve is tilted in favour of demand side. This essentially means that corporates have a big pool of candidates to choose from. So, for you it means more fierce competition and being just good is not enough, you will have to be better than most of the candidates out there. And hence, it will mean you need to put in efforts from all direction

Getting into product management can be divided into two phases which are

1.Getting an opportunity to interview and

2.Proving in the interview that you are better than majority of the candidates in the market

Let’s look at each of the two stages in detail

Getting an opportunity to interview

To get an opportunity to interview with the hiring managers itself becomes a big task as you will need to showcase tremendous potential via your resume. The HM should get a sense that not only you are one of the best candidates on paper, but also you are the most active one.

So, you need to have a resume which shows off skills which make you Person-Job fit for PM role. These skills are majorly but not limited to stakeholder management, communication, domain understanding, knowledge of the process, Industry knowledge

1. Switching within your org is comparatively easier in the current market scenario because even if you do not have certifications or degrees on paper, people inside your org who know you and have seen you work might be willing to give you an opportunity

2. Network with PMs and understand about how PM function works in the org

3. Network with Mangers in different teams and ask for any opportunity to work on products, if they do not have a role opening, then look out for small 1–2-month gigs, this will help you learn on the job as well as establish yourself as a good candidate should a requirement open

4. Get certified. If you are completely new to PM, chances are that you do not have any Product related gigs on your profile. Even entry level roles expect some exposure in the domain, one way to do it is to have some certificate/degree in your kitty

5. Clean your CV: Curate your CV according to the role and Add transferable skills from previous job to your CV. An example would be stakeholder management

6. Take Product gigs and build own product portfolio: Be willing to work pro-bono if need be, but try to amass list of small products under your kitty

7.  Write on LinkedIn/Engage with Product related content: This will help you get noticed and if you have decent engagement into your content, it is a blessing for you

Proving in the interview

To prove yourself worthy in the interviews, you need to have the necessary knowledge of the Product management domain as well as the industry you are interviewing for

1. Learn in detail about Product management (use the certification, a lot of free resources online and your network of PMs to learn)

2. Follow PM content creators over social media: This will help you be in touch with latest news in the industry (as well as learn) and use the info in interviews

3. Practice: Practice solving product problems yourself and follow up by taking up as many mock interviews as possible. You might need a person already working as a PM to help you with this. If you do not know someone, find a mentor to do this

4. Get a mentor: It is important to have someone who is already there guiding you to avoid pitfalls. Try to find someone to mentor you in your network of colleagues, friends, and family. If you do not find anyone in your network then look for one online, or even pay for one. But having a mentor will always help