How do we add roles in Jira cloud?

[Jad Sayegh]

Hello, I read this Q&A about roles but I still can't seem to find the UI to add a role to a project. My project is using the classic Scrum board and whenever I add a user the only role in the list is "administrator". 

In the linked question someone's instruction were to go to "Project Administration -> Project Roles -> Add a new Project Role" however I can't see any of these options. The only one I see that's close is "Project Settings > People" but nothing there about adding a role. This is also where I end up when I go "Project Settings > Summary > roles". Maybe I'm missing something obvious. 

[Deleted user · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jad Sayegh,

This action only administrator can perform. Please follow the below steps.

Goto JIRA Settings -> System -> Project Roles (under the security section).

Please see the below screenshot for reference. 

The below documentation may help.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/managing-project-roles-776636382.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracorecloud/managing-project-role-memberships-765593631.html.

Regards,

Gangavath Kishore Kumar.

[Jad Sayegh]

Thanks Gangavath, I don't know how I missed that!