diff --git a/src/datatrove/executor/slurm.py b/src/datatrove/executor/slurm.py
index 91c86b71..3e74a662 100644
--- a/src/datatrove/executor/slurm.py
+++ b/src/datatrove/executor/slurm.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import math
 import os
 import random
 import signal
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class SlurmPipelineExecutor(PipelineExecutor):
         mail_type: see https://slurm.schedmd.com/sbatch.html. Common values are (NONE, BEGIN, END, FAIL, REQUEUE, ALL)
         mail_user: email address to send notifications to
         requeue: requeue the job if it fails
-
+        tasks_per_job: each slurm job in the job array will run these many datatrove tasks. This reduces the total nb of slurm jobs launched.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ def __init__(
         mail_type: str = "ALL",
         mail_user: str = None,
         requeue: bool = True,
+        tasks_per_job: int = 1,
     ):
         super().__init__(pipeline, logging_dir, skip_completed)
         self.tasks = tasks
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.partition = partition
         self.cpus_per_task = cpus_per_task
         self.mem_per_cpu_gb = mem_per_cpu_gb
+        self.tasks_per_job = tasks_per_job
         self.time = time
         self.job_name = job_name
         self.qos = qos
@@ -160,18 +163,23 @@ def run(self):
             slurm_rank = int(os.environ["SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID"]) + self.max_array_size * int(
                 os.environ.get("RUN_OFFSET", 0)
             )
+            ranks_to_run_range = (slurm_rank * self.tasks_per_job, (slurm_rank + 1) * self.tasks_per_job)
             with self.logging_dir.open("ranks_to_run.json", "r") as ranks_to_run_file:
                 all_ranks = json.load(ranks_to_run_file)
-            if slurm_rank >= len(all_ranks):
+            if ranks_to_run_range[0] >= len(all_ranks):
                 return
-            rank = all_ranks[slurm_rank]
 
             for ss in self.requeue_signals or []:
                 signal.signal(signal.Signals[ss], requeue_handler)
 
-            if self.randomize_start:
-                time.sleep(random.randint(0, 60 * 3))
-            self._run_for_rank(rank)
+            for rank_to_run in range(*ranks_to_run_range):
+                if rank_to_run >= len(all_ranks):
+                    break
+                rank = all_ranks[rank_to_run]
+
+                if self.randomize_start:
+                    time.sleep(random.randint(0, 60 * 3))
+                self._run_for_rank(rank)
         else:
             # we still have to launch the job
             self.launch_job()
@@ -244,7 +252,8 @@ def launch_job(self):
             # we actually save this (only once) to avoid race conditions
             json.dump(ranks_to_run, ranks_to_run_file)
 
-        max_array = min(len(ranks_to_run), self.max_array_size) if self.max_array_size != -1 else len(ranks_to_run)
+        nb_jobs_to_launch = math.ceil(len(ranks_to_run) / self.tasks_per_job)
+        max_array = min(nb_jobs_to_launch, self.max_array_size) if self.max_array_size != -1 else nb_jobs_to_launch
 
         # create the actual sbatch script
         launch_file_contents = self.get_launch_file_contents(
@@ -261,7 +270,7 @@ def launch_job(self):
 
         # launch (possibly multiple) jobs
         launched_jobs = 0
-        while launched_jobs * max_array < len(ranks_to_run):
+        while launched_jobs * max_array < nb_jobs_to_launch:
             if launched_jobs and self.max_array_launch_parallel and self.stagger_max_array_jobs > 0:
                 time.sleep(self.stagger_max_array_jobs)
             args = [f"--export=ALL,RUN_OFFSET={launched_jobs}"]