diff --git a/op-node/rollup/driver/config.go b/op-node/rollup/driver/config.go
index f4013b95e1de6..4d71ed654b0fa 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/driver/config.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/driver/config.go
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// SequencerMaxSafeLag is the maximum number of L2 blocks for restricting the distance between L2 safe and unsafe.
 	// Disabled if 0.
 	SequencerMaxSafeLag uint64 `json:"sequencer_max_safe_lag"`
+
+	ParallelEventProcessing bool `json:"parallel_event_processing"`
 }
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
index 27400b63f5976..67e7cb8852b2d 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ func NewDriver(
 
 	var executor event.Executor
 	var drain func() error
-	// This instantiation will be one of more options: soon there will be a parallel events executor
-	{
+	if driverCfg.ParallelEventProcessing {
+		executor = event.NewParallelExec()
+		drain = func() error { return nil } // no-op
+	} else {
 		s := event.NewGlobalSynchronous(driverCtx)
 		executor = s
 		drain = s.Drain
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/event/executor_parallel.go b/op-node/rollup/event/executor_parallel.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1cd480bc6ed43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/op-node/rollup/event/executor_parallel.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"slices"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+type ParallelExec struct {
+	workers []*worker
+	mu      sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+var _ Executor = (*ParallelExec)(nil)
+
+func NewParallelExec() *ParallelExec {
+	return &ParallelExec{}
+}
+
+func (p *ParallelExec) Add(d Executable, opts *ExecutorOpts) (leaveExecutor func()) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	w := newWorker(p, d, opts)
+	p.workers = append(p.workers, w)
+	return w.leave
+}
+
+func (p *ParallelExec) remove(w *worker) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	// Linear search to delete is fine,
+	// since we delete much less frequently than we process events with these.
+	for i, v := range p.workers {
+		if v == w {
+			p.workers = slices.Delete(p.workers, i, i+1)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *ParallelExec) Enqueue(ev AnnotatedEvent) error {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+	for _, w := range p.workers {
+		w.enqueue(ev) // this will block if its capacity is full, providing back-pressure to the Enqueue caller
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type worker struct {
+	// ctx signals when the worker is exiting.
+	// No additional events will be accepted after cancellation.
+	ctx    context.Context
+	cancel context.CancelFunc
+
+	// closed as channel is closed upon exit of the run loop
+	closed chan struct{}
+
+	// ingress is the buffered channel of events to process
+	ingress chan AnnotatedEvent
+
+	// d is the underlying executable to process events on
+	d Executable
+
+	// p is a reference to the ParallelExec that owns this worker.
+	// The worker removes itself from this upon leaving.
+	p atomic.Pointer[ParallelExec]
+}
+
+func newWorker(p *ParallelExec, d Executable, opts *ExecutorOpts) *worker {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	w := &worker{
+		ctx:     ctx,
+		cancel:  cancel,
+		closed:  make(chan struct{}),
+		ingress: make(chan AnnotatedEvent, opts.Capacity),
+		d:       d,
+	}
+	w.p.Store(p)
+	go w.run()
+	return w
+}
+
+func (w *worker) enqueue(ev AnnotatedEvent) {
+	select {
+	case <-w.ctx.Done():
+	case w.ingress <- ev:
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *worker) leave() {
+	w.cancel()
+	if old := w.p.Swap(nil); old != nil {
+		// remove from worker pool
+		old.remove(w)
+	}
+	// wait for run loop to exit
+	<-w.closed
+}
+
+func (w *worker) run() {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-w.ctx.Done():
+			close(w.closed)
+			return
+		case ev := <-w.ingress:
+			w.d.RunEvent(ev)
+		}
+	}
+}