Pivoting from BPO Quality Management (8.5 Yrs Process Audits) to ServiceNow Business Analyst /Admin

[KhusbuC]

Hello Community,

I am looking for realistic career guidance on pivoting into the ServiceNow ecosystem from an international KPO/BPO background.

Here is my profile:
- Total Experience: 8.5 years in an international KPO/BPO environment (Kolkata, India).
- Current Role: Assistant Quality Manager (held for 3 years, previously a Quality Analyst/Auditor).
- Core Expertise: Transactional monitoring, auditing call/process parameters, SLA management, calibration, and agent performance tracking.
- Background: Non-engineering, no MBA.

I want to pivot out of this sector into a ServiceNow career (targeting roles like ServiceNow Business Analyst or ServiceNow Administrator). I already understand how operations, ticketing, SLAs, and customer service workflows function from the end-user/auditor perspective.

Given the current job market in India, I would appreciate your honest, unvarnished insights:

1. How realistic is a transition for someone with 8.5 years of BPO/KPO operations/quality experience but no formal IT/engineering background?
2. Which ServiceNow module should I pair with my background? Given my experience with customer workflows, should I focus heavily on CSM (Customer Service Management) and ITSM (IT Service Management) alongside the basic CSA certification?
3. How do hiring managers look at lateral entrants who have strong domain knowledge of "how customer operations work" but are fresh to the ServiceNow platform itself?

I am looking at official Now Learning paths, but I want to make sure my strategy aligns with what companies in India are actually hiring for.

Thank you so much for your time and guidance!