diff --git a/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js b/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
--- a/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
   const [roleCreationFailed, setRoleCreationFailed] =
     React.useState<boolean>(false);
 
+  const createButtonText = action === 'create_role' ? 'Create' : 'Save';
+
   const onChangeRoleName = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
       setRoleCreationFailed(false);
@@ -206,8 +208,8 @@
       );
     }
 
-    return 'Save';
-  }, [createRolesLoadingStatus]);
+    return createButtonText;
+  }, [createRolesLoadingStatus, createButtonText]);
 
   return (
     <Modal name="Create Role" onClose={onCloseModal} size="large">
diff --git a/web/roles/role-actions-menu.react.js b/web/roles/role-actions-menu.react.js
--- a/web/roles/role-actions-menu.react.js
+++ b/web/roles/role-actions-menu.react.js
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from 'lib/components/SWMansionIcon.react.js';
+import { useRoleUserSurfacedPermissions } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
+import CreateRolesModal from './create-roles-modal.react.js';
 import css from './role-actions-menu.css';
 import MenuItem from '../components/menu-item.react.js';
 import Menu from '../components/menu.react.js';
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@
 
 function RoleActionsMenu(props: RoleActionsMenuProps): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, roleName } = props;
+  const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
 
   const defaultRoleID = Object.keys(threadInfo.roles).find(
     roleID => threadInfo.roles[roleID].isDefault,
@@ -30,7 +34,28 @@
     roleName !== 'Admins' && defaultRoleID !== existingRoleID;
   const isEditableRole = roleName !== 'Admins';
 
-  const openEditRoleModal = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
+  const roleNamesToUserSurfacedPermissions =
+    useRoleUserSurfacedPermissions(threadInfo);
+
+  const openEditRoleModal = React.useCallback(
+    () =>
+      pushModal(
+        <CreateRolesModal
+          threadInfo={threadInfo}
+          action="edit_role"
+          existingRoleID={existingRoleID}
+          roleName={roleName}
+          rolePermissions={roleNamesToUserSurfacedPermissions[roleName]}
+        />,
+      ),
+    [
+      existingRoleID,
+      pushModal,
+      roleName,
+      roleNamesToUserSurfacedPermissions,
+      threadInfo,
+    ],
+  );
   const openDeleteRoleModal = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
 
   const items = React.useMemo(() => {