diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02ae7b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import kebabCase from 'lodash/kebabCase.js';
+import { renderObject } from '../../../../../helpers/renderer.js';
+import Role from '../../../../../models/role.js';
+
+export default async (request, response) => {
+  const roleData = roleParams(request);
+
+  const roleWithPermissions = await Role.query().insertGraphAndFetch(roleData, {
+    relate: ['permissions'],
+  });
+
+  renderObject(response, roleWithPermissions, { status: 201 });
+};
+
+const roleParams = (request) => {
+  const { name, description, permissions } = request.body;
+  const key = kebabCase(name);
+
+  return {
+    key,
+    name,
+    description,
+    permissions,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.test.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e31df92d
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+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { vi, describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import app from '../../../../../app.js';
+import Role from '../../../../../models/role.js';
+import createAuthTokenByUserId from '../../../../../helpers/create-auth-token-by-user-id.js';
+import { createRole } from '../../../../../../test/factories/role.js';
+import { createUser } from '../../../../../../test/factories/user.js';
+import createRoleMock from '../../../../../../test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js';
+import * as license from '../../../../../helpers/license.ee.js';
+
+describe('POST /api/v1/admin/roles', () => {
+  let role, currentUser, token;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(license, 'hasValidLicense').mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    role = await createRole({ key: 'admin' });
+    currentUser = await createUser({ roleId: role.id });
+
+    token = await createAuthTokenByUserId(currentUser.id);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the created role along with permissions', async () => {
+    const roleData = {
+      name: 'Viewer',
+      description: '',
+      permissions: [
+        {
+          action: 'read',
+          subject: 'Flow',
+          conditions: ['isCreator'],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/roles')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send(roleData)
+      .expect(201);
+
+    const createdRole = await Role.query()
+      .withGraphFetched({ permissions: true })
+      .findOne({ key: 'viewer' })
+      .throwIfNotFound();
+
+    const expectedPayload = await createRoleMock(
+      {
+        ...createdRole,
+        ...roleData,
+        isAdmin: createdRole.isAdmin,
+      },
+      [
+        {
+          ...createdRole.permissions[0],
+          ...roleData.permissions[0],
+        },
+      ]
+    );
+
+    expect(response.body).toEqual(expectedPayload);
+  });
+
+  it('should return unprocessable entity response for invalid data', async () => {
+    const roleData = {
+      description: '',
+      permissions: [],
+    };
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/roles')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send(roleData)
+      .expect(422);
+
+    expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({
+      errors: {
+        name: ["must have required property 'name'"],
+        key: ['must NOT have fewer than 1 characters'],
+      },
+      meta: {
+        type: 'ModelValidation',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return unprocessable entity response for duplicate role', async () => {
+    const roleData = {
+      name: 'admin',
+      permissions: [],
+    };
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/roles')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send(roleData)
+      .expect(422);
+
+    expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({
+      errors: {
+        key: ["'key' must be unique."],
+      },
+      meta: {
+        type: 'UniqueViolationError',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/roles.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/roles.ee.js
index 238856e8..6ec88967 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/roles.ee.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/roles.ee.js
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ import { Router } from 'express';
 import { authenticateUser } from '../../../../helpers/authentication.js';
 import { authorizeAdmin } from '../../../../helpers/authorization.js';
 import { checkIsEnterprise } from '../../../../helpers/check-is-enterprise.js';
+import createRoleAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js';
 import getRolesAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/get-roles.ee.js';
 import getRoleAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/roles/get-role.ee.js';
 
 const router = Router();
 
+router.post(
+  '/',
+  authenticateUser,
+  authorizeAdmin,
+  checkIsEnterprise,
+  createRoleAction
+);
+
 router.get(
   '/',
   authenticateUser,
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js b/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bcd604d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/roles/create-role.ee.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const createRoleMock = async (role, permissions = []) => {
+  const data = {
+    id: role.id,
+    key: role.key,
+    name: role.name,
+    isAdmin: role.isAdmin,
+    description: role.description,
+    createdAt: role.createdAt.getTime(),
+    updatedAt: role.updatedAt.getTime(),
+    permissions: permissions.map((permission) => ({
+      id: permission.id,
+      action: permission.action,
+      conditions: permission.conditions,
+      roleId: permission.roleId,
+      subject: permission.subject,
+      createdAt: permission.createdAt.getTime(),
+      updatedAt: permission.updatedAt.getTime(),
+    })),
+  };
+
+  return {
+    data: data,
+    meta: {
+      count: 1,
+      currentPage: null,
+      isArray: false,
+      totalPages: null,
+      type: 'Role',
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default createRoleMock;