diff --git a/docs/developer/user-permissions.md b/docs/developer/user-permissions.md
index 31b69d3b3..f7c41492d 100644
--- a/docs/developer/user-permissions.md
+++ b/docs/developer/user-permissions.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ as health checks used by our platform).
 ## Adding roles
 
 The current MVP design uses only a single role called
-`UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN` that has all access on a domain. As such, the
+`UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER` that has all access on a domain. As such, the
 permission mixin doesn't need to examine the `role` field carefully. In the
 future, as we add additional roles that our product vision calls for
 (read-only? editing only some information?), we need to add conditional
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
index 68429d381..f15474117 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class DomainApplication(TimeStampedModel):
         # create the permission for the user
         UserDomainRole = apps.get_model("registrar.UserDomainRole")
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.creator, domain=created_domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.creator, domain=created_domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
 
         self._send_status_update_email(
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_invitation.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_invitation.py
index 7cc2a5432..dff03fb87 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_invitation.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_invitation.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class DomainInvitation(TimeStampedModel):
 
         # and create a role for that user on this domain
         _, created = UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         if not created:
             # something strange happened and this role already existed when
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_models.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_models.py
index 2c6f78ef5..e76dea035 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_models.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class TestInvitations(TestCase):
     def test_retrieve_existing_role_no_error(self):
         # make the overlapping role
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         # this is not an error but does produce a console warning
         with less_console_noise():
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
index 0e8f895af..2a14f3466 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class LoggedInTests(TestWithUser):
         domain, _ = Domain.objects.get_or_create(name="igorville.gov")
         self.assertNotContains(response, "igorville.gov")
         role, _ = UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user, domain=domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.user, domain=domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         response = self.client.get("/")
         # count = 2 because it is also in screenreader content
@@ -1097,23 +1097,23 @@ class TestWithDomainPermissions(TestWithUser):
             creator=self.user, domain=self.domain_dnssec_none
         )
         self.role, _ = UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.user, domain=self.domain, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user, domain=self.domain_dsdata, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.user, domain=self.domain_dsdata, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
             user=self.user,
             domain=self.domain_multdsdata,
-            role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN,
+            role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER,
         )
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
-            user=self.user, domain=self.domain_keydata, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+            user=self.user, domain=self.domain_keydata, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
         )
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
             user=self.user,
             domain=self.domain_dnssec_none,
-            role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN,
+            role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER,
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/src/registrar/views/domain.py b/src/registrar/views/domain.py
index aa71a7551..5590698be 100644
--- a/src/registrar/views/domain.py
+++ b/src/registrar/views/domain.py
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ class DomainAddUserView(DomainFormBaseView):
 
         try:
             UserDomainRole.objects.create(
-                user=requested_user, domain=self.object, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.ADMIN
+                user=requested_user, domain=self.object, role=UserDomainRole.Roles.MANAGER
             )
         except IntegrityError:
             # User already has the desired role! Do nothing??