diff --git a/.changelog/16378.txt b/.changelog/16378.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c82e4b8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/16378.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ui: added new keyboard commands for job start, stop, exec, and client metadata
+```
diff --git a/ui/app/components/job-page/parts/title.js b/ui/app/components/job-page/parts/title.js
index 09a9bb24b..1cff99459 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/job-page/parts/title.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/job-page/parts/title.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// @ts-check
 import Component from '@ember/component';
 import { task } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
@@ -16,12 +17,22 @@ export default class Title extends Component {
 
   handleError() {}
 
-  @task(function* () {
+  /**
+   * @param {boolean} withNotifications - Whether to show a toast on success, as when triggered by keyboard shortcut
+   */
+  @task(function* (withNotifications = false) {
     try {
       const job = this.job;
       yield job.stop();
       // Eagerly update the job status to avoid flickering
-      this.job.set('status', 'dead');
+      job.set('status', 'dead');
+      if (withNotifications) {
+        this.notifications.add({
+          title: 'Job Stopped',
+          message: `${job.name} has been stopped`,
+          color: 'success',
+        });
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       this.handleError({
         title: 'Could Not Stop Job',
@@ -37,7 +48,7 @@ export default class Title extends Component {
       yield job.purge();
       this.notifications.add({
         title: 'Job Purged',
-        message: `You have purged ${this.job.name}`,
+        message: `You have purged ${job.name}`,
         color: 'success',
       });
       this.router.transitionTo('jobs');
@@ -50,7 +61,10 @@ export default class Title extends Component {
   })
   purgeJob;
 
-  @task(function* () {
+  /**
+   * @param {boolean} withNotifications - Whether to show a toast on success, as when triggered by keyboard shortcut
+   */
+  @task(function* (withNotifications = false) {
     const job = this.job;
     const definition = yield job.fetchRawDefinition();
 
@@ -62,6 +76,13 @@ export default class Title extends Component {
       yield job.update();
       // Eagerly update the job status to avoid flickering
       job.set('status', 'running');
+      if (withNotifications) {
+        this.notifications.add({
+          title: 'Job Started',
+          message: `${job.name} has started`,
+          color: 'success',
+        });
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       this.handleError({
         title: 'Could Not Start Job',
diff --git a/ui/app/controllers/jobs/index.js b/ui/app/controllers/jobs/index.js
index d4600c65b..36b3864e5 100644
--- a/ui/app/controllers/jobs/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/controllers/jobs/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { alias, readOnly } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
-import { computed } from '@ember/object';
+import { computed, action } from '@ember/object';
 import { scheduleOnce } from '@ember/runloop';
 import intersection from 'lodash.intersection';
 import Sortable from 'nomad-ui/mixins/sortable';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default class IndexController extends Controller.extend(
 ) {
   @service system;
   @service userSettings;
+  @service router;
 
   isForbidden = false;
 
@@ -254,4 +255,9 @@ export default class IndexController extends Controller.extend(
   setFacetQueryParam(queryParam, selection) {
     this.set(queryParam, serialize(selection));
   }
+
+  @action
+  goToRun() {
+    this.router.transitionTo('jobs.run');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/services/keyboard.js b/ui/app/services/keyboard.js
index 5e9950bd2..5c05b30ee 100644
--- a/ui/app/services/keyboard.js
+++ b/ui/app/services/keyboard.js
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export default class KeyboardService extends Service {
           this.displayHints = true;
         } else {
           if (!DISALLOWED_KEYS.includes(key)) {
-            this.addKeyToBuffer.perform(key, shifted);
+            this.addKeyToBuffer.perform(key, shifted, event);
           }
         }
       } else if (type === 'release') {
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export default class KeyboardService extends Service {
    * @param {string} key
    * @param {boolean} shifted
    */
-  @restartableTask *addKeyToBuffer(key, shifted) {
+  @restartableTask *addKeyToBuffer(key, shifted, event) {
     // Replace key with its unshifted equivalent if it's a number key
     if (shifted && key in DIGIT_MAP) {
       key = DIGIT_MAP[key];
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ export default class KeyboardService extends Service {
             command.label === 'Show Keyboard Shortcuts' ||
             command.label === 'Hide Keyboard Shortcuts'
           ) {
+            event.preventDefault();
             command.action();
           }
         });
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs b/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
index 2389ed1ec..fdf962818 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
@@ -879,6 +879,11 @@
             type="button"
             class="button is-primary"
             {{on "click" (action (mut this.editingMetadata) true)}}
+            {{keyboard-shortcut 
+              label="Add Dynamic Node Metadata"
+              pattern=(array "m" "e" "t" "a")
+              action=(action (mut this.editingMetadata) true)
+            }}
           >
             Add new Dynamic Metadata
           </button>
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/components/exec/open-button.hbs b/ui/app/templates/components/exec/open-button.hbs
index 00156976a..1cb4d9c9b 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/components/exec/open-button.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/components/exec/open-button.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
     class="button exec-button is-outline is-small {{if cannotExec "tooltip"}}"
     disabled={{if cannotExec 'disabled'}}
     aria-label={{if cannotExec "You don’t have permission to exec"}}
-    {{action "open"}}>
+    {{action "open"}}
+    {{keyboard-shortcut 
+      label="Exec"
+      pattern=(array "e" "x" "e" "c")
+      action=(action "open")
+    }}>
     {{x-icon "console"}}
     <span>Exec</span>
   </button>
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/components/job-page/parts/title.hbs b/ui/app/templates/components/job-page/parts/title.hbs
index bfc8543b3..9d0704932 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/components/job-page/parts/title.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/components/job-page/parts/title.hbs
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
         @confirmText="Yes, Stop Job"
         @confirmationMessage="Are you sure you want to stop this job?"
         @awaitingConfirmation={{this.stopJob.isRunning}}
-        @onConfirm={{perform this.stopJob}} />
+        @onConfirm={{perform this.stopJob}}
+        {{keyboard-shortcut 
+          label="Stop"
+          pattern=(array "s" "t" "o" "p")
+          action=(perform this.stopJob true)
+        }} />
     {{else}}
       <TwoStepButton
         data-test-purge
@@ -33,7 +38,13 @@
         @confirmText="Yes, Purge Job"
         @confirmationMessage="Are you sure? You cannot undo this action."
         @awaitingConfirmation={{this.purgeJob.isRunning}}
-        @onConfirm={{perform this.purgeJob}} />
+        @onConfirm={{perform this.purgeJob}}
+        {{keyboard-shortcut 
+          label="Purge"
+          pattern=(array "p" "u" "r" "g" "e")
+          action=(perform this.purgeJob)
+        }}
+        />
       <TwoStepButton
         data-test-start
         @alignRight={{true}}
@@ -42,7 +53,13 @@
         @confirmText="Yes, Start Job"
         @confirmationMessage="Are you sure you want to start this job?"
         @awaitingConfirmation={{this.startJob.isRunning}}
-        @onConfirm={{perform this.startJob}} />
+        @onConfirm={{perform this.startJob}}
+        {{keyboard-shortcut 
+          label="Start"
+          pattern=(array "s" "t" "a" "r" "t")
+          action=(perform this.startJob true)
+        }}
+        />
     {{/if}}
   </div>
 </h1>
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/jobs/index.hbs b/ui/app/templates/jobs/index.hbs
index 3df484328..5ffc665ad 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/jobs/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/jobs/index.hbs
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
             @query={{hash namespace=this.qpNamespace}}
             data-test-run-job
             class="button is-primary"
+            {{keyboard-shortcut 
+              label="Run Job"
+              pattern=(array "r" "u" "n")
+              action=(action this.goToRun)
+            }}
           >
             Run Job
           </LinkTo>