diff --git a/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml b/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml
index cbb88be3..b43d117f 100644
--- a/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml
+++ b/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 hyperactor = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../../hyperactor" }
+hyperactor_mesh = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../../hyperactor_mesh" }
 monarch_hyperactor = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../../monarch_hyperactor" }
 monarch_rdma = { version = "0.0.0", path = ".." }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.24", features = ["anyhow", "multiple-pymethods"] }
 pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.24", features = ["attributes", "tokio-runtime"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.185", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.140", features = ["alloc", "float_roundtrip", "unbounded_depth"] }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["attributes", "valuable"] }
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs b/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs
index 70ffeeb6..fe2e35a4 100644
--- a/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs
+++ b/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ use hyperactor::ActorId;
 use hyperactor::ActorRef;
 use hyperactor::Named;
 use hyperactor::ProcId;
+use hyperactor_mesh::RootActorMesh;
+use hyperactor_mesh::shared_cell::SharedCell;
 use monarch_hyperactor::mailbox::PyMailbox;
+use monarch_hyperactor::proc_mesh::PyProcMesh;
 use monarch_hyperactor::runtime::signal_safe_block_on;
+use monarch_rdma::IbverbsConfig;
 use monarch_rdma::RdmaBuffer;
 use monarch_rdma::RdmaManagerActor;
 use monarch_rdma::RdmaManagerMessageClient;
 use monarch_rdma::ibverbs_supported;
-use pyo3::BoundObject;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyException;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
@@ -284,7 +287,93 @@ impl PyRdmaBuffer {
     }
 }
 
+#[pyclass(name = "_RdmaManager", module = "monarch._rust_bindings.rdma")]
+pub struct PyRdmaManager {
+    inner: SharedCell<RootActorMesh<'static, RdmaManagerActor>>,
+    device: String,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl PyRdmaManager {
+    #[pyo3(name = "__repr__")]
+    fn repr(&self) -> String {
+        format!("<RdmaManager(device='{}')>", self.device)
+    }
+
+    #[getter]
+    fn device(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.device
+    }
+}
+
+/// Creates an RDMA manager actor on the given ProcMesh.
+/// Returns the actor mesh if RDMA is supported, None otherwise.
+#[pyfunction]
+fn create_rdma_manager_blocking<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    proc_mesh: &PyProcMesh,
+) -> PyResult<Option<PyRdmaManager>> {
+    if !ibverbs_supported() {
+        tracing::info!("rdma is not enabled on this hardware");
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+
+    // TODO - make this configurable
+    let config = IbverbsConfig::default();
+    tracing::debug!("rdma is enabled, using device {}", config.device);
+
+    let tracked_proc_mesh = proc_mesh.try_inner()?;
+    let device = config.device.to_string();
+
+    let actor_mesh = signal_safe_block_on(py, async move {
+        tracked_proc_mesh
+            .spawn("rdma_manager", &config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| PyException::new_err(err.to_string()))
+    })??;
+
+    Ok(Some(PyRdmaManager {
+        inner: actor_mesh,
+        device,
+    }))
+}
+
+/// Creates an RDMA manager actor on the given ProcMesh (async version).
+/// Returns the actor mesh if RDMA is supported, None otherwise.
+#[pyfunction]
+fn create_rdma_manager_nonblocking<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    proc_mesh: &PyProcMesh,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    if !ibverbs_supported() {
+        tracing::info!("rdma is not enabled on this hardware");
+        return Ok(py.None().into_bound(py));
+    }
+
+    // TODO - make this configurable
+    let config = IbverbsConfig::default();
+    tracing::debug!("rdma is enabled, using device {}", config.device);
+
+    let tracked_proc_mesh = proc_mesh.try_inner()?;
+    let device = config.device.to_string();
+
+    pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(py, async move {
+        let actor_mesh = tracked_proc_mesh
+            .spawn::<RdmaManagerActor>("rdma_manager", &config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| PyException::new_err(err.to_string()))?;
+
+        Ok(Some(PyRdmaManager {
+            inner: actor_mesh,
+            device,
+        }))
+    })
+}
+
 pub fn register_python_bindings(module: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     module.add_class::<PyRdmaBuffer>()?;
+    module.add_class::<PyRdmaManager>()?;
+    module.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(create_rdma_manager_blocking, module)?)?;
+    module.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(create_rdma_manager_nonblocking, module)?)?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi b/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi
index e5d0f92b..45c53fc6 100644
--- a/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi
+++ b/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ from typing import Any, final, Optional
 class _RdmaMemoryRegionView:
     def __init__(self, addr: int, size_in_bytes: int) -> None: ...
 
+@final
+class _RdmaManager:
+    device: str
+    def __repr__(self) -> str: ...
+
+def create_rdma_manager_blocking(proc_mesh: Any) -> Optional[_RdmaManager]: ...
+async def create_rdma_manager_nonblocking(proc_mesh: Any) -> Optional[_RdmaManager]: ...
 @final
 class _RdmaBuffer:
     name: str