diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8b7ac537..5e61a4ed5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1096,6 +1096,18 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "790eea4361631c5e7d22598ecd5723ff611904e3344ce8720784c93e3d83d40b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cron"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbe58904b68d95ad2c69a2e9607ffc70ce196c1910f83a340029c1448e06ed65"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "once_cell",
+ "serde",
+ "winnow 0.6.22",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.14"
@@ -6919,6 +6931,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytesize",
  "ciborium",
+ "cron",
  "derive_builder",
  "hex",
  "indexmap 2.7.0",
diff --git a/docs/schema/generated/jsonschema/types/AppConfigV1.schema.json b/docs/schema/generated/jsonschema/types/AppConfigV1.schema.json
index 69b59dec7..32d7c3918 100644
--- a/docs/schema/generated/jsonschema/types/AppConfigV1.schema.json
+++ b/docs/schema/generated/jsonschema/types/AppConfigV1.schema.json
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
         "$ref": "#/definitions/HealthCheckV1"
       }
     },
+    "jobs": {
+      "type": [
+        "array",
+        "null"
+      ],
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/Job"
+      }
+    },
     "locality": {
       "description": "Location-related configuration for the app.",
       "anyOf": [
@@ -246,6 +255,85 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "ExecutableJob": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "capabilities": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ExecutableJobCompatibilityMapV1"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "cli_args": {
+          "description": "CLI arguments passed to the runner. Only applicable for runners that accept CLI arguments.",
+          "type": [
+            "array",
+            "null"
+          ],
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "command": {
+          "description": "The command to run. Defaults to the package's entrypoint.",
+          "type": [
+            "string",
+            "null"
+          ]
+        },
+        "env": {
+          "description": "Environment variables.",
+          "type": [
+            "object",
+            "null"
+          ],
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "package": {
+          "description": "The package that contains the command to run. Defaults to the app config's package.",
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/PackageSource"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "volumes": {
+          "type": [
+            "array",
+            "null"
+          ],
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/AppVolume"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "ExecutableJobCompatibilityMapV1": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "memory": {
+          "description": "Instance memory settings.",
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/AppConfigCapabilityMemoryV1"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
     "HealthCheckHttpV1": {
       "description": "Health check configuration for http endpoints.",
       "type": "object",
@@ -443,6 +531,45 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Job": {
+      "description": "Job configuration.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": [
+        "name",
+        "trigger"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "execute": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ExecutableJob"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "fetch": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/HttpRequest"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "trigger": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/JobTrigger"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "JobTrigger": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "Locality": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
diff --git a/lib/config/Cargo.toml b/lib/config/Cargo.toml
index e9fdcd82d..01574e43f 100644
--- a/lib/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ schemars = { version = "0.8.16", features = ["url"] }
 url = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["serde"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 ciborium = "0.2.2"
+cron = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/config/src/app/job.rs b/lib/config/src/app/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd56d7d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/config/src/app/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap, fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+
+use serde::{de::Error, Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::package::PackageSource;
+
+use super::{AppConfigCapabilityMemoryV1, AppVolume, HttpRequest};
+
+/// Job configuration.
+#[derive(
+    serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq,
+)]
+pub struct Job {
+    name: String,
+    trigger: JobTrigger,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    fetch: Option<HttpRequest>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    execute: Option<ExecutableJob>,
+}
+
+#[derive(
+    serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq,
+)]
+pub enum CronType {
+    Daily,
+    Hourly,
+    Weekly,
+    CronExpression(String),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum JobTrigger {
+    PreDeployment,
+    PostDeployment,
+    Cron(CronType),
+}
+
+#[derive(
+    serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq,
+)]
+pub struct ExecutableJob {
+    /// The package that contains the command to run. Defaults to the app config's package.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    package: Option<PackageSource>,
+
+    /// The command to run. Defaults to the package's entrypoint.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    command: Option<String>,
+
+    /// CLI arguments passed to the runner.
+    /// Only applicable for runners that accept CLI arguments.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    cli_args: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
+    /// Environment variables.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub env: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub capabilities: Option<ExecutableJobCompatibilityMapV1>,
+
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub volumes: Option<Vec<AppVolume>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(
+    serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq,
+)]
+pub struct ExecutableJobCompatibilityMapV1 {
+    /// Instance memory settings.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub memory: Option<AppConfigCapabilityMemoryV1>,
+
+    /// Additional unknown capabilities.
+    ///
+    /// This provides a small bit of forwards compatibility for newly added
+    /// capabilities.
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub other: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
+}
+
+impl Serialize for JobTrigger {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        self.to_string().serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for JobTrigger {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let repr: Cow<'de, str> = Cow::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        repr.parse().map_err(D::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for JobTrigger {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::PreDeployment => write!(f, "pre-deployment"),
+            Self::PostDeployment => write!(f, "post-deployment"),
+            Self::Cron(CronType::Hourly) => write!(f, "@hourly"),
+            Self::Cron(CronType::Daily) => write!(f, "@daily"),
+            Self::Cron(CronType::Weekly) => write!(f, "@weekly"),
+            Self::Cron(CronType::CronExpression(sched)) => write!(f, "{}", sched),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for JobTrigger {
+    type Err = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        if s == "pre-deployment" {
+            Ok(Self::PreDeployment)
+        } else if s == "post-deployment" {
+            Ok(Self::PostDeployment)
+        } else if let Some(predefined_sched) = s.strip_prefix('@') {
+            match predefined_sched {
+                "hourly" => Ok(Self::Cron(CronType::Hourly)),
+                "daily" => Ok(Self::Cron(CronType::Daily)),
+                "weekly" => Ok(Self::Cron(CronType::Weekly)),
+                _ => Err(format!("Invalid cron expression {s}").into()),
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Let's make sure the input string is valid...
+            match cron::Schedule::from_str(s) {
+                Ok(sched) => Ok(Self::Cron(CronType::CronExpression(
+                    sched.source().to_owned(),
+                ))),
+                Err(_) => Err(format!("Invalid cron expression {s}").into()),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl schemars::JsonSchema for JobTrigger {
+    fn schema_name() -> String {
+        "JobTrigger".to_owned()
+    }
+
+    fn json_schema(gen: &mut schemars::gen::SchemaGenerator) -> schemars::schema::Schema {
+        String::json_schema(gen)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::app::JobTrigger;
+
+    use super::Job;
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn job_trigger_serialization_roundtrip() {
+        fn assert_roundtrip(serialized: &str, value: JobTrigger) {
+            assert_eq!(&value.to_string(), serialized);
+            assert_eq!(serialized.parse::<JobTrigger>().unwrap(), value);
+        }
+
+        assert_roundtrip("pre-deployment", JobTrigger::PreDeployment);
+        assert_roundtrip("post-deployment", JobTrigger::PostDeployment);
+
+        assert_roundtrip("@hourly", JobTrigger::Cron(crate::app::CronType::Hourly));
+        assert_roundtrip("@daily", JobTrigger::Cron(crate::app::CronType::Daily));
+        assert_roundtrip("@weekly", JobTrigger::Cron(crate::app::CronType::Weekly));
+
+        // Note: the parsing code should keep the formatting of the source string.
+        // This is tested in assert_roundtrip.
+        assert_roundtrip(
+            "0 0/2 12 ? JAN-APR 2",
+            JobTrigger::Cron(crate::app::CronType::CronExpression(
+                "0 0/2 12 ? JAN-APR 2".to_owned(),
+            )),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn job_serialization_roundtrip() {
+        let job = Job {
+            name: "my-job".to_owned(),
+            trigger: JobTrigger::Cron(super::CronType::CronExpression(
+                "0 0/2 12 ? JAN-APR 2".to_owned(),
+            )),
+            fetch: None,
+            execute: Some(super::ExecutableJob {
+                package: Some(crate::package::PackageSource::Ident(
+                    crate::package::PackageIdent::Named(crate::package::NamedPackageIdent {
+                        registry: None,
+                        namespace: Some("ns".to_owned()),
+                        name: "pkg".to_owned(),
+                        tag: None,
+                    }),
+                )),
+                command: Some("cmd".to_owned()),
+                cli_args: Some(vec!["arg-1".to_owned(), "arg-2".to_owned()]),
+                env: Some([("VAR1".to_owned(), "Value".to_owned())].into()),
+                capabilities: Some(super::ExecutableJobCompatibilityMapV1 {
+                    memory: Some(crate::app::AppConfigCapabilityMemoryV1 {
+                        limit: Some(bytesize::ByteSize::gb(1)),
+                    }),
+                    other: Default::default(),
+                }),
+                volumes: Some(vec![crate::app::AppVolume {
+                    name: "vol".to_owned(),
+                    mount: "/path/to/volume".to_owned(),
+                }]),
+            }),
+        };
+
+        let serialized = r#"
+name: my-job
+trigger: '0 0/2 12 ? JAN-APR 2'
+execute:
+  package: ns/pkg
+  command: cmd
+  cli_args:
+  - arg-1
+  - arg-2
+  env:
+    VAR1: Value
+  capabilities:
+    memory:
+      limit: '1000.0 MB'
+  volumes:
+  - name: vol
+    mount: /path/to/volume"#;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            serialized.trim(),
+            serde_yaml::to_string(&job).unwrap().trim()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(job, serde_yaml::from_str(serialized).unwrap());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/config/src/app/mod.rs b/lib/config/src/app/mod.rs
index 6bcd55acd..7095fc736 100644
--- a/lib/config/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/config/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 mod healthcheck;
 mod http;
+mod job;
 
-pub use self::{
-    healthcheck::{HealthCheckHttpV1, HealthCheckV1},
-    http::HttpRequest,
-};
+pub use self::{healthcheck::*, http::*, job::*};
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
@@ -95,6 +93,9 @@ pub struct AppConfigV1 {
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub redirect: Option<Redirect>,
 
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub jobs: Option<Vec<Job>>,
+
     /// Capture extra fields for forwards compatibility.
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub extra: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
@@ -341,7 +342,8 @@ scheduled_tasks:
                 }),
                 locality: Some(Locality {
                     regions: vec!["eu-rome".to_string()]
-                })
+                }),
+                jobs: None,
             }
         );
     }