Salvatore Barone

US Vaccines Lead

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I've spent 20 years in biopharma doing the parts of the job I find most interesting: building things and launching them. More than 10 product launches across oncology, vaccines, and rare disease. Teams that ranged from a handful of people to large, distributed organizations. The work was different each time; the goal was pretty much the same — figure out how to turn clinical promise into something that actually reaches patients. I'm currently the US General Manager for Pfizer Vaccines. The portfolio spans COVID-19, pneumococcal, RSV — vaccines that have been around for decades and ones that are still being defined. A lot of my job is figuring out how to make a strong public health case in an environment where trust is hard-won and politics are always in the room. Before this, I ran Oncology Customer Engagement, led US Oncology Sales, and spent years on the global pediatric pneumococcal franchise. I've worked in breast cancer, hematology oncology, and early commercial planning. I genuinely like the variety. I also represent Pfizer on the Healthcare Leadership Council, where the problems are harder and slower-moving.

Experience

  • Pfizer (20 yrs 3 mos)
    • US Vaccines Lead
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    • US Oncology Customer Engagement Platform Lead
      Jan 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Lead US Oncology Sales, Account Management and select pan portfolio strategy and operation teams.

    • Vice President, Oncology National Sales Lead
      Nov 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Pfizer (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Professional Healthcare Representative
      May 2004 - Feb 2006 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Marketing Operations
      May 2003 - May 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo