diff --git a/apps/operator/pages/tenants/[slug].vue b/apps/operator/pages/tenants/[slug].vue
index 7a951a6..29c9ec9 100644
--- a/apps/operator/pages/tenants/[slug].vue
+++ b/apps/operator/pages/tenants/[slug].vue
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ async function reconcile() {
                 </td>
                 <td>
                   <Badge :tone="u.platformAdmin ? 'accent' : 'neutral'">
-                    {{ u.platformAdmin ? 'platform-admin' : u.role }}
+                    {{ u.platformAdmin ? 'platform-admin' : u.tenantRole }}
                   </Badge>
                 </td>
                 <td>
diff --git a/apps/operator/types/tenant.ts b/apps/operator/types/tenant.ts
index e5d94cb..72ff13e 100644
--- a/apps/operator/types/tenant.ts
+++ b/apps/operator/types/tenant.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ export interface TenantUser {
   authentikSubjectId: string
   email: string
   name: string
+  // Global/legacy role + fallback. Prefer `tenantRole` for display in a tenant
+  // context — `role` can differ from the user's actual role in this tenant.
   role: 'owner' | 'admin' | 'member'
+  // Role resolved for THIS tenant (per-tenant override, else global `role`).
+  // Set by GET /tenants/:slug/users.
+  tenantRole: 'owner' | 'admin' | 'member'
   active: boolean
   platformAdmin: boolean
   tenantIds: string[]
diff --git a/services/platform-api/src/tenants/tenants.controller.ts b/services/platform-api/src/tenants/tenants.controller.ts
index d805d7b..df9ec6a 100644
--- a/services/platform-api/src/tenants/tenants.controller.ts
+++ b/services/platform-api/src/tenants/tenants.controller.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { UpdateTenantBrandingDto } from './dto/update-tenant-branding.dto.js'
 import { UpdateTenantDto } from './dto/update-tenant.dto.js'
 import { StorageService } from './storage.service.js'
 import { TenantBrandingService } from './tenant-branding.service.js'
+import { roleForTenant } from '../schemas/user.schema.js'
 import { TenantSsoService } from './tenant-sso.service.js'
 import { TenantsService } from './tenants.service.js'
 
@@ -89,7 +90,15 @@ export class TenantsController {
     if (!actor.platformAdmin && !actor.tenantIds.some((id) => id.equals(tenant._id))) {
       throw new ForbiddenException(`No access to tenant "${slug}"`)
     }
-    return this.tenants.listUsersForTenant(slug)
+    // Add a tenant-scoped `tenantRole` to each user so the UI shows the role
+    // for THIS tenant, not the global fallback. `role` is left intact for any
+    // other consumer; resolution stays server-side so the precedence in
+    // roleForTenant() isn't duplicated per frontend.
+    const users = await this.tenants.listUsersForTenant(slug)
+    return users.map((u) => ({
+      ...u.toObject(),
+      tenantRole: roleForTenant(u, tenant._id),
+    }))
   }
 
   // Aggregate storage usage for the customer-admin Storage page. Same membership