diff --git a/src/chai/CMakeLists.txt b/src/chai/CMakeLists.txt
index 2cd8ceee..87a3a452 100644
--- a/src/chai/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/chai/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ if(CHAI_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
     expt/HostSharedPointer.hpp
     expt/ManagedArrayPointer.hpp
     expt/ManagedArraySharedPointer.hpp
+    expt/UnifiedArrayManager.hpp
     ManagedSharedPtr.hpp
     SharedPtrCounter.hpp
     SharedPtrManager.hpp
diff --git a/src/chai/expt/UnifiedArrayManager.hpp b/src/chai/expt/UnifiedArrayManager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa7333fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chai/expt/UnifiedArrayManager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (c) 2016-25, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and CHAI
+// project contributors. See the CHAI LICENSE file for details.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifndef CHAI_UNIFIED_ARRAY_MANAGER_HPP
+#define CHAI_UNIFIED_ARRAY_MANAGER_HPP
+
+#include "umpire/ResourceManager.hpp"
+#include "umpire/TypedAllocator.hpp"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace chai::expt
+{
+  /*!
+   * \brief This class manages a unified memory array. It is designed for use
+   *        with ManagedArrayPointer.
+   *
+   * \tparam ElementType The type of elements contained in this array.
+   *
+   * \note UnifiedArrayManager performs value initialization of each array element.
+   *       That is to say, numeric types will be initialized to zero and nontrivial
+   *       types will be default constructed. This initialization occurs on the host.
+   *       In the future, this behavior may change to default initialization for
+   *       performance reasons, such that numeric types will be left in an
+   *       indeterminate state and nontrivial types will be default constructed.
+   */
+  template <typename ElementType>
+  class UnifiedArrayManager {
+    private:
+      /*!
+       * \brief Allocator used by the managed unified memory storage.
+       */
+      using AllocatorType = ::umpire::TypedAllocator<ElementType>;
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Underlying contiguous unified memory storage type for managed elements.
+       */
+      using StorageType = std::vector<ElementType, AllocatorType>;
+
+    public:
+      /*!
+       * \brief Default-constructs a UnifiedArrayManager with zero elements
+       *        and a default allocator for unified memory allocations.
+       */
+      UnifiedArrayManager() = default;
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Constructs a UnifiedArrayManager with zero elements
+       *        and \p allocator for unified memory allocations.
+       *
+       * \param allocator Allocator used for unified memory allocations.
+       */
+      explicit UnifiedArrayManager(const umpire::Allocator& allocator)
+        : m_storage{StorageType(AllocatorType(allocator))}
+      {
+      }
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Constructs a UnifiedArrayManager with \p size elements
+       *        using the default allocator for unified memory allocations.
+       *
+       * \param size Number of elements to allocate.
+       */
+      explicit UnifiedArrayManager(std::size_t size)
+        : m_storage{StorageType(size, AllocatorType(::umpire::ResourceManager::getInstance().getAllocator("UM")))}
+      {
+      }
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Constructs a UnifiedArrayManager with \p size elements
+       *        using \p allocator for unified memory allocations.
+       *
+       * \param size Number of elements to allocate.
+       * \param allocator Allocator used for unified memory allocations.
+       */
+      UnifiedArrayManager(std::size_t size,
+                       const umpire::Allocator& allocator)
+        : m_storage{StorageType(size, AllocatorType(allocator))}
+      {
+      }
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Resizes the managed storage to \p new_size elements.
+       *
+       * \param new_size New number of elements.
+       */
+      void resize(std::size_t new_size)
+      {
+        m_storage.resize(new_size);
+      }
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Returns the number of elements currently managed.
+       *
+       * \return Number of elements in the managed storage.
+       */
+      std::size_t size() const
+      {
+        return m_storage.size();
+      }
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Returns a pointer to the underlying contiguous storage.
+       *
+       * \return Pointer to the first element, or nullptr if the storage is empty.
+       */
+      ElementType* data(bool touch)
+      {
+        ContextManager& contextManager = ContextManager::getInstance();
+        Context context = contextManager.getContext();
+
+        if (context != m_modified)
+        {
+          contextManager.synchronize(m_modified);
+        }
+
+        if (touch)
+        {
+          m_modified = context;
+        }
+
+        return m_storage.empty() ? nullptr : m_storage.data();
+      }
+
+    private:
+      /*!
+       * \brief Underlying unified memory storage for the managed elements.
+       */
+      StorageType m_storage{AllocatorType(::umpire::ResourceManager::getInstance().getAllocator("UM"))};
+
+      /*!
+       * \brief Context in which the managed storage was most recently modified.
+       *
+       * \note Used to determine when synchronization is required before accessing
+       *       the underlying storage from the current context.
+       */
+      Context m_modified{Context::NONE};
+  };  // class UnifiedArrayManager
+}  // namespace chai::expt
+
+#endif  // CHAI_UNIFIED_ARRAY_MANAGER_HPP