How difficult is to switch industries in project manager jobs? I am trying to switch from sap implementation to it infrastructure.

With Infrastructure do you mean Building infrastructure (construction et al ) or do you mean IT infrastructure.

I can surely see your SAP implementation experience as a plus moving into a Financial Services domain. Try to get in using a Project that is implementing an ERP solution .

Nisha, it depends on you.

In my case, after working 14 years on projects as a technical guy (programmer, engineer), I decided to become a professional PM. From then, I did not need technical skills, I concentrated on listening to stakeholders, understanding needs and issues, getting the right people on board etc.. A good sponsor will hire for attitude, character and posture, not for technical or process skills. As a professional PM, I had a new industry every 3-5 years, after completing a project: energy, justice, insurance, investment banking, manufacturing.

First, figure out how your skills would benefit the new industry into which you want to move, so you know which jobs you can likely move into. Next, be prepared to convince others of your skills' transferability. Sometimes recruiters and hiring managers can't see past a candidate's titles and companies to see how her skills would fit into their business.