diff --git a/api/permissions/migrations/0010_add_manage_tags_permission.py b/api/permissions/migrations/0010_add_manage_tags_permission.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7ddfd24e538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/permissions/migrations/0010_add_manage_tags_permission.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.15 on 2024-09-13 16:18
+from django.apps.registry import Apps
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db.backends.base.schema import BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor
+
+from permissions.models import PROJECT_PERMISSION_TYPE
+from projects.permissions import MANAGE_TAGS
+
+
+def add_manage_tags_permission(apps: Apps, schema_editor: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor) -> None:
+    permission_model_class = apps.get_model("permissions", "permissionmodel")
+    permission_model_class.objects.get_or_create(
+        key=MANAGE_TAGS,
+        description="Allows the user to manage tags in the given project.",
+        type=PROJECT_PERMISSION_TYPE,
+    )
+
+
+def reverse(apps: Apps, schema_editor: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+    permission_model_class = apps.get_model("permissions", "permissionmodel")
+    permission_model_class.objects.filter(key=MANAGE_TAGS).delete()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("permissions", "0009_move_view_audit_log_permission"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(add_manage_tags_permission, reverse_code=reverse),
+    ]
diff --git a/api/projects/permissions.py b/api/projects/permissions.py
index a6fb98f042ea..1903c94a6b18 100644
--- a/api/projects/permissions.py
+++ b/api/projects/permissions.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 CREATE_FEATURE = "CREATE_FEATURE"
 EDIT_FEATURE = "EDIT_FEATURE"
 MANAGE_SEGMENTS = "MANAGE_SEGMENTS"
+MANAGE_TAGS = "MANAGE_TAGS"
 
 TAG_SUPPORTED_PERMISSIONS = [DELETE_FEATURE]
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     (EDIT_FEATURE, "Ability to edit features in the given project."),
     (MANAGE_SEGMENTS, "Ability to manage segments in the given project."),
     (VIEW_AUDIT_LOG, "Allows the user to view the audit logs for this organisation."),
+    (MANAGE_TAGS, "Allows the user to manage tags in the given project."),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/api/projects/tags/permissions.py b/api/projects/tags/permissions.py
index f004ea08a3b0..7fcb5043ef6a 100644
--- a/api/projects/tags/permissions.py
+++ b/api/projects/tags/permissions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission
 
 from projects.models import Project
-from projects.permissions import VIEW_PROJECT
+from projects.permissions import MANAGE_TAGS, VIEW_PROJECT
 
 
 class TagPermissions(BasePermission):
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ def has_permission(self, request, view):
 
     def has_object_permission(self, request, view, obj):
         project = obj.project
-        if request.user.is_project_admin(obj.project):
+        if request.user.has_project_permission(MANAGE_TAGS, obj.project):
             return True
 
-        if view.action == "detail" and request.user.has_project_permission(
+        return view.action == "detail" and request.user.has_project_permission(
             VIEW_PROJECT, project
-        ):
-            return True
-
-        return False
+        )
diff --git a/api/tests/unit/projects/tags/test_unit_projects_tags_permissions.py b/api/tests/unit/projects/tags/test_unit_projects_tags_permissions.py
index 616dfc7867a9..8e671a9d5720 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit/projects/tags/test_unit_projects_tags_permissions.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit/projects/tags/test_unit_projects_tags_permissions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 from projects.models import Project
-from projects.permissions import VIEW_PROJECT
+from projects.permissions import MANAGE_TAGS, VIEW_PROJECT
 from projects.tags.models import Tag
 from projects.tags.permissions import TagPermissions
 from tests.types import WithProjectPermissionsCallable
@@ -142,3 +142,25 @@ def test_project_user_has_detail_permission(
 
     # Then
     assert result is True
+
+
+def test_project_user_with_manage_tags_has_detail_permission(
+    staff_user: FFAdminUser,
+    project: Project,
+    with_project_permissions: WithProjectPermissionsCallable,
+) -> None:
+    # Given
+    with_project_permissions([VIEW_PROJECT, MANAGE_TAGS])
+    mock_request = mock.MagicMock(user=staff_user)
+    mock_view = mock.MagicMock(
+        action="detail",
+        kwargs={"project_pk": project.id},
+    )
+    permissions = TagPermissions()
+    tag = Tag.objects.create(label="test", project=project)
+
+    # When
+    result = permissions.has_object_permission(mock_request, mock_view, tag)
+
+    # Then
+    assert result is True
diff --git a/api/tests/unit/projects/test_unit_projects_views.py b/api/tests/unit/projects/test_unit_projects_views.py
index 8a313dffba14..b668f7ceaa9f 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit/projects/test_unit_projects_views.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit/projects/test_unit_projects_views.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def test_can_list_project_permission(client, project):
     # Then
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
     assert (
-        len(response.json()) == 6
+        len(response.json()) == 7
     )  # hard code how many permissions we expect there to be