Summary
Peter Jacobs is a seasoned business and career coach with 28 years of experience helping professionals align work with their values, skills and life priorities since founding Global Career Coaching in 2001. Combining 14 years of corporate experience in finance, procurement and business process roles across the U.S. and Western Europe with an INSEAD MBA and adjunct advising at UC Berkeley Haas, he brings both practitioner credibility and market-oriented job search expertise. Known for asking incisive questions, distilling narrative essence, and surfacing practical resources, he helps clients achieve sustainable career progress, better work–life balance, and successful job transitions. Peter has supported talent at scale through long-term consulting work at Genentech’s CareerLab and executive education programs at Wharton, and he often blends coaching with actionable tools and group formats like job-search action groups. An understated strength is his ability to translate corporate systems thinking into personalized, opportunity-focused personal brands and career strategies.
28 years of coding experience
MA, MA at JFK University
MBA, MBA at INSEAD
BSE, cum laude, BSE, cum laude at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Deutsch Als Fremdsprache, Deutsch Als Fremdsprache at Goethe Institut
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch