diff --git a/nemo_run/core/execution/kubeflow.py b/nemo_run/core/execution/kubeflow.py
index 525a7c0d..11f4fe3c 100644
--- a/nemo_run/core/execution/kubeflow.py
+++ b/nemo_run/core/execution/kubeflow.py
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ class KubeflowExecutor(Executor):
     pod_labels: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     tolerations: list[dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
     affinity: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    # Shell commands run once per pod in launch.sh, BEFORE the training command
+    # (e.g. installing a missing dependency into the container venv). They run
+    # before torchrun spawns the per-GPU ranks, so each executes exactly once
+    # per node (not once per rank) and under errexit (a failure aborts the pod).
+    setup_commands: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     # env_list accepts full env var dicts (e.g. valueFrom/secretKeyRef).
     # Simple key=value pairs should use the inherited env_vars dict instead.
     env_list: list[dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
@@ -930,6 +935,7 @@ def materialize_launch_script(self, cmd: list[str], max_retries: int = 0) -> Non
             env_vars=env_var_lines,
             max_retries=max_retries,
             code_dir=self.code_dir,
+            setup_commands=self.setup_commands,
         )
         os.makedirs(self.job_dir, exist_ok=True)
         launch_script_path = os.path.join(self.job_dir, "launch.sh")
@@ -1055,6 +1061,28 @@ def pull_results(self, job_name: str, dest_dir: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
 
         self.copy_from_workspace(self.code_dir, local_path, label=job_name)
 
+    def cleanup(self, handle: str) -> None:
+        """Mirror run outputs from the workdir PVC back to ``job_dir``, then tear down.
+
+        On Kubernetes the training pods write every recipe output — including the
+        PyTorch profiler chrome trace and CUDA memory snapshot, which land under
+        ``/nemo_run`` (the PVC ``code_dir``) — to the shared volume. The launcher
+        that collects artifacts and parses logs only sees the local ``job_dir``,
+        so without a copy-back those outputs are stranded on the PVC. Reuse the
+        existing data-mover (:meth:`pull_results`) to bring them back before
+        teardown. Best-effort: a failed pull must never break cleanup.
+
+        Args:
+            handle: The app handle ``<experiment>___<role>___<job_name>``.
+        """
+        if self.workdir_pvc:
+            job_name = handle.split("___")[-1] if handle else ""
+            try:
+                self.pull_results(job_name)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning("pull_results during cleanup of '%s' failed: %s", handle, e)
+        super().cleanup(handle)
+
     def _lookup_job_dir(self, job_name: str) -> str:
         """Look up the job_dir saved by the scheduler for *job_name*."""
         try:
diff --git a/nemo_run/core/execution/templates/kubeflow.sh.j2 b/nemo_run/core/execution/templates/kubeflow.sh.j2
index 24529d7c..248da146 100644
--- a/nemo_run/core/execution/templates/kubeflow.sh.j2
+++ b/nemo_run/core/execution/templates/kubeflow.sh.j2
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export TORCHX_MAX_RETRIES={{max_retries}}
 
 # Symlink /nemo_run → code_dir so pod-side paths like /nemo_run/scripts/... resolve correctly.
 ln -sfn {{code_dir}} /nemo_run
+{% if setup_commands %}
+echo "Running setup commands..."
+{%- for setup_command in setup_commands %}
+{{setup_command}}
+{%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
 
 echo "Starting training command..."
 set +e
diff --git a/test/core/execution/test_kubeflow.py b/test/core/execution/test_kubeflow.py
index 8babcf57..42011d11 100644
--- a/test/core/execution/test_kubeflow.py
+++ b/test/core/execution/test_kubeflow.py
@@ -503,6 +503,19 @@ def test_pull_results_noop_without_workdir_pvc(self, mock_k8s_clients):
         e.pull_results("test-job")
         mock_core.create_namespaced_pod.assert_not_called()
 
+    def test_cleanup_pulls_results_when_workdir_pvc(self, workdir_executor):
+        # cleanup() mirrors PVC outputs (incl. profiler traces) back to job_dir
+        # via pull_results, keying off the <exp>___<role>___<job_name> handle.
+        with patch.object(workdir_executor, "pull_results") as mock_pull:
+            workdir_executor.cleanup("exp-id___trainer___test-job")
+        mock_pull.assert_called_once_with("test-job")
+
+    def test_cleanup_noop_without_workdir_pvc(self):
+        e = KubeflowExecutor(image="test:latest")
+        with patch.object(e, "pull_results") as mock_pull:
+            e.cleanup("exp-id___trainer___test-job")
+        mock_pull.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_data_mover_pod_inherits_tolerations_affinity_pull_secrets(
         self, mock_k8s_clients, tmp_path
     ):