diff --git a/ee/app/controllers/concerns/ee/groups/params.rb b/ee/app/controllers/concerns/ee/groups/params.rb
index f366b8f3d2841ce73884b42cd8af0ff9ebfd5448..af5611d12a058a2bc9798fec331cbee274653189 100644
--- a/ee/app/controllers/concerns/ee/groups/params.rb
+++ b/ee/app/controllers/concerns/ee/groups/params.rb
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def current_group
       end
 
       def enterprise_bypass_placeholders_allowed?
-        ::Feature.enabled?(:importer_user_mapping_allow_bypass_of_confirmation, current_group) &&
+        ::Feature.enabled?(:group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass, current_group) &&
           current_group&.domain_verification_available?
       end
     end
diff --git a/ee/config/feature_flags/wip/group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass.yml b/ee/config/feature_flags/wip/group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4ab1fd2dd0fc3c306778c8190d54c349a6b0e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/config/feature_flags/wip/group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass
+description: 'Enables ability for owners of top-level enterprise groups to skip placeholder user confirmation during direct transfer'
+feature_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/544024
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/194389
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/548946
+milestone: '18.1'
+group: group::import
+type: wip
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/ee/spec/requests/groups_controller_spec.rb b/ee/spec/requests/groups_controller_spec.rb
index 331c94666cd2596fc17ccbe189b1b42d7b2ac0b7..ea151a1488e4e00580ec11cb4a9f99b006cd71b5 100644
--- a/ee/spec/requests/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/requests/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -690,9 +690,9 @@
         end
       end
 
-      context 'when the importer_user_mapping_allow_bypass_of_confirmation feature flag is disabled' do
+      context 'when the group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass feature flag is disabled' do
         before do
-          stub_feature_flags(importer_user_mapping_allow_bypass_of_confirmation: false)
+          stub_feature_flags(group_owner_placeholder_confirmation_bypass: false)
         end
 
         it 'does not change the setting' do