Need Guidance/Mentoring - Transition from Finance (Tech) to FAANG/similar firm

Working in Tech Architecture & Strategy at a global financial services company. Graduated with Distinction from Cornell, Masters in Comp Sci. I have been working with Credit Suisse NY for 9 years now, and did not consider moving as I liked my team, manager, WLB and my role. Currently working as an individual contributor, but have managed a small team before (I am a VP, managed few AVPs and Analysts). Only recently realized (less than a year back) that my total comp (~$175K) is ridiculously low when compared to FAANG/ tech firms (thanks blind/levelsfyi). Some of it is due to staying in the same team for 7+ years, but I know many friends/peers in other financial services organizations who are in the same ball park as me (~200K total comp for VP). I have received calls from several banking/consulting (Big 4) firms, but their comp was is in the same range as mine. I am therefore thinking of moving industries, and going to core tech. I would be lying if $$ was not the primary motivator, but also realized that financial services is ever shrinking - constant cost cutting, stock price is continuously declining or stagnant, 80%+ funding is for regulatory projects that have very little to do with business and tech innovation, legacy tech stack. I am not sure how to even begin this transition. I am not a developer, and have not coded in 5+ years now. All all my content knowledge is business specific - investment banking and private banking product knowledge. Most of my work is creating target operating models, building business cases, evaluating technology platforms, creating strategy decks for CXOs - I mostly stay in excel and powerpoint land. I am not sure if there a parallel for this role in the tech industry. The closest I have identified is a Technical Program Manager . I am not a Software Engineer, or even a Product Manager. I have many many friends from Cornell, other top universities who transitioned to Tech, but almost all of them were developers, and did this move early in their career (2-3 years in). Spoke to few friends, and finally got a call from Amazon for Senior TPM role. Managed to clear phone screens, and get to the onsite. Unfortunately I was rejected, reason given was technical skills - cleared the LPs, program management, communication hurdles - but don't have the right tech chops. I had extensively prepared for system design, but I guess never really got down into the nitty gritties of what Amazon was expecting from a SD interview. I guess I cannot apply to Amazon again for at min 6 months now. I was hoping to reach out to this group and get some guidance on how I can crack into the Tech world. Anyone here who has a profile similar to mine, and managed to make the transition - would love to hear from you. Any recommendations on which firms to target, which roles to target in these firms, who is now hiring, how to prepare for these - would be sincerely appreciated. Also if there are folks in financial services industry who disagree with my comments/assumptions above, would love to hear more.... #financetotech