[lacker]

The simplest way is to make the transition within the company you're already working at. I have seen many software engineers convert into PMs successfully and that's usually the way they do it. It works best when you are working on some product and slowly take over more of the PM-type responsibilities, proving you can do it. With an SRE/DevOps background, it's going to be a little harder to do that.

[trilinearnz]

Interesting advice. I have attempted to do so in my position, motivated by a desire for career change, but eventually find I lack the wherewithal to give adequate attention to both the PO-related and technically-related responsibilities simultaneously.

Perhaps a factor is the level of complexity of the project in question, influencing the practicality of such a dual focus.