diff --git a/runtime/core/named_data_map.h b/runtime/core/named_data_map.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31a60abb89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/core/named_data_map.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <executorch/runtime/core/exec_aten/exec_aten.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/core/freeable_buffer.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/core/result.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/core/span.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/core/tensor_layout.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/platform/compiler.h>
+
+namespace executorch {
+namespace runtime {
+
+/**
+ * Interface to access and retrieve data via name.
+ * See executorch/extension/flat_tensor/ for an example.
+ */
+class ET_EXPERIMENTAL NamedDataMap {
+ public:
+  virtual ~NamedDataMap() = default;
+  /**
+   * Get metadata by key.
+   *
+   * @param key The name of the tensor.
+   * @return Result containing TensorLayout with tensor metadata.
+   */
+  ET_NODISCARD virtual Result<const executorch::runtime::TensorLayout>
+  get_metadata(const char* key) const = 0;
+  /**
+   * Get data by key.
+   *
+   * @param key Name of the data.
+   * @return Result containing a FreeableBuffer with the tensor data.
+   */
+  ET_NODISCARD virtual Result<FreeableBuffer> get_data(
+      const char* key) const = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Loads data corresponding to the key into the provided buffer.
+   *
+   * @param key The name of the data.
+   * @param size The number of bytes to load. Use `get_metadata` to retrieve the
+   * size of the data for a given key.
+   * @param buffer The buffer to load the data into. Must point to at least
+   * `size` bytes of memory.
+   * @return Result containing the number of bytes written on success. This will
+   * fail if the buffer is too small.
+   */
+  ET_NODISCARD virtual Result<size_t>
+  load_data_into(const char* key, void* buffer, size_t size) const = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Get the number of keys in the NamedDataMap.
+   *
+   * @return Result containing the number of keys.
+   */
+  ET_NODISCARD virtual Result<size_t> get_num_keys() const = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Get the key at the given index.
+   *
+   * @param index The index of the key to retrieve.
+   * @return Result containing the key at the given index. Note: the returned
+   * pointer is only valid for the lifetime of the DataMap.
+   */
+  ET_NODISCARD virtual Result<const char*> get_key(size_t index) const = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace runtime
+} // namespace executorch
diff --git a/runtime/core/targets.bzl b/runtime/core/targets.bzl
index d64d4579536..253e2526107 100644
--- a/runtime/core/targets.bzl
+++ b/runtime/core/targets.bzl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def define_common_targets():
             "defines.h",
             "error.h",
             "freeable_buffer.h",
+            "named_data_map.h",
             "result.h",
             "span.h",
             "tensor_layout.h",